Every wall is a door.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
Ellie has written in the past about how sometimes she struggles finding a way forward. I am at that point right now. To go back to Ellie’s post, Where the Hell’s the Door Out, I’m stuck in a hall and haven’t got any idea how to get out.
My entire life has been filled with family conflict of one sort or another. Sometimes it was me conflicting with my parents. Sometimes it was my parents choosing to attack me or one of my siblings. Over the last few years, the conflict was with my Continue reading » Caught in Ellie’s Hall
Remember
This December,
That love weighs more than gold!
— Josephine Dodge Daskam Bacon
And we’re off… on the rush to get from Thanksgiving to Christmas and get everything done that needs to be done. Somehow, we need to shove 8 weeks of shopping, cooking, entertaining, partying and traveling all into the four weeks between the two holidays.
I suppose that there is some comfort in the hurley-burley of racing around and getting things done. It helps us to not notice that our nest is empty or our parents have gone. If we’re busy focused on the tasks, maybe we won’t Continue reading » Dang, It’s the Holidays!
Won’t you be my neighbor?
— Fred Rogers
Growing up in Chicago, I lived in a nice neighborhood. At least I thought it was nice. The thing was that we didn’t really know our neighbors. The people who lived directly to the North of us had the only garage in the neighborhood and they could go in and out through the garage without having to talk to anyone. The front of their house opened out on Fargo, so we never saw them… except for the time that the woman put the car in drive and drove into the house instead of out of the garage.
Most of the kids went to Hebrew school after regular school so they couldn’t come out and play during most of the school year. So, we really didn’t get to Continue reading » Families of Choice
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Is it too cold for you too?
Winter is hear and I’m COLD! Brrrhhh!
Oops, I’m so cold I have brain freeze – I meant “here” not “hear”.
Lately I’ve been longing for a quick jaunt to my favorite winter getaway – anywhere with beaches still warm and balmy… But “getaway” isn’t in the tea leaves for me this winter. I’m officially “home for the holidays” – so my next best and “doable” choice is a good, long soak in a HOT tub… Or a Continue reading » It’s COLD Out There!
Every father should remember that one day his son will follow his example instead of his advice.
— Anonymous
The holidays are here. Already.
I’m not ready. Tonight we made plans for our annual Book Club Christmas dinner. When we left the meeting, one of our members wished us all a Merry Christmas because she wouldn’t be with us until next year.
I repeat… I’m not ready.
This will probably be the last Christmas that Dad is with us… and he’s not really here, just his body. I’m really not ready!
Alone in the Middle of the Group
We all experience it sometimes, feeling isolated. There we are in the middle of a group of people that we know and somehow we feel Continue reading » Home for the Holidays
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