tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714489377640369698.post3220319415256963730..comments2023-08-31T16:48:07.769-07:00Comments on SOLO: Christmas SpiritMary Lellohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00146419800234049924noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714489377640369698.post-20837313933690224432010-12-27T13:12:29.560-08:002010-12-27T13:12:29.560-08:00Mary, I just want to let you know I'm thinking...Mary, I just want to let you know I'm thinking about you (and Jim) this holiday season. This is the first Christmas I did not spend in NJ at my family home with my parents and brother and sister and all their kids, since the deaths of my mother and father in the spring. So I know how it doesn't quite seem complete this year, how the holidays can accentuate that absence of those we have loved so dearly and lost. It was a quiet Christmas instead, less of an event, more of a solemn occasion. Still, the decorations everywhere, and our own tree with lights glimmering at night, helped to buoy the spirits. There's deep care emanating from every corner, and sometimes it takes quiet and even mourning to feel its subtle tendrils holding us, connecting us. Wishing you, and all of us, a healing new year. Love, Bob M.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5714489377640369698.post-35528017747424121702010-12-27T12:06:52.869-08:002010-12-27T12:06:52.869-08:00The number, and the weight, of the expectations we...The number, and the weight, of the expectations we pile onto that holiday are enormous. The pressure of that load seems to bring out the most intense emotions of the year. It doesn't help that it's dark PRETTY MUCH ALL THE TIME. Here's a crow for ya...Hannah Holmeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06499835257046049155noreply@blogger.com