Thursday, December 21, 2006

holiday cheerios

sometimes you spend christmas alone.

there comes a season, a time, a period in life when decisions result in disaster. one such disaster is spending christmas alone when the only thing you'd really want for christmas is to spend it with your family.

i had two families. the one that raised me well and the one that gave me life and joy. at this exact hour while i am writing this blog entry, i would be sitting with a cup of coffee having a wonderful conversation with my father in law, or i may be listening to josh lemasters latest masterpiece that he recorded on his mini 4-track digital music player. i have only one family left.

for the sake of christmas cheer, i am going to wake up at 2pm on christmas afternoon, eat a large bowl of christmas cheerios, and go back to bed until a friend, a relative, or someone calls me to say merry christmas.
i think this year i am going to take the merry out of christmas.
because this year is just christmas.

i know several people who are dealing with more difficult things than i, and i know they we will try and be merry, but it won't last. as much as i'd like to count my blessings this year, i choose to dwell in my disaster.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

No one warns you about loosing your second family if you loose your spouse. Hell no one asks the second family if they want to loose you.