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… For better or worse, Hope and Faith were all I had left.
We burned a trainload of bad Karma in the past ten days. I will not boor you further with the detailed highs and lows. Let us say it was mostly lows, but we found high points when it counted. Last night, I heard Ben’s discharge from the hospital is pending. This morning, I learned it might be today. We all expect him home around New Year’s Day. That would be good.
When he arrives, we will light the Christmas trees, bring out the gifts and share a mighty feast. I will join in, but I already have my gift. I have my son. That is as close to happy as I need be.
Oh, we had a white Christmas in Dallas this year. According to the weather dude, it was the first since 1926. We are supposed to get more snow beginning this afternoon and lasting into tomorrow. Two white Christmases in a row seems as unlikely as anything that happened recently. I shall be gracious and accept it. The new ‘fridge is silently chilling my food and beverage stores. Now, the clothes washer has stopped washing. I am working on a conspiracy theory to explain the mutiny on the part of my appliances and I am smiling as I work.
For a Christmas like this, “Merry” does not even scratch the surface.
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Hank,
ReplyDeletePamela and I are certainly glad to hear that Ben is going to be home soon, and that his operation went well. Not the kind of Christmas you envisioned of course, but at least you do get to spend it with your only son after all.
Cheers,
Mitch
Good, good news. I think a celebration is
ReplyDeletedefinitely in order. Really, when it comes
right down to it...the best, most important
"stuff" isn't stuff at all. It is the people
who love us, and whom we love. Here is to a
happy, healthy new year!
Eva
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ReplyDeleteMy sincerest thanks to all those who offered encouraging thoughts either as comments or otherwise. You helped make a difficult time more bearable.
I am particularly grateful for the continuous support of Anonymous, apparently my best friend, ever. :)
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I am glad for you and your family. This story is like one of those Hallmark Network holiday tv movies---the phone call, the uncooperative appliance, the airport. But most important is that like those sappy movies (that I love), this story has a happy ending. Nothing enhances joy more than the despair that it follows.
ReplyDeleteHappy New Year.
BR (yet another anonymous!!!)
I love happy endings.
ReplyDeleteThanks, LoriJay. This one was particularly sweet.
ReplyDeleteHank, Just returned from California. Sounds like you coped well with all the incidents over the holidays. Glad to hear all is well with Ben. I can relate to his challenge. I came very close to having the same surgery. Wishing you and yours the best of everything in the coming New Year. Orlando
ReplyDeleteGlad for you and yours that the spirit of the holidays lives on. Have a great and appliance-free 2010. GW
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