The kids are with their Dad until tomorrow. The house is quiet, but peacefully so.. I can remember the first few years post divorce, when they would leave I would just dissolve in tears around Christmas. They would leave on Christmas afternoon, so the build up of the holiday and excitement of Christmas morning would just come crashing down with the closing of the front door. My best buddy Harry used to save me by insisting on dragging me outside, to either walk up Sugarloaf Mtn. or walk through Atalya Castle at Huntington Beach State Park, etc. What a blessing that man was to me in those years! Now that Shawn is in Wilmington, he prefers to have them before Christmas and I get them on Christmas Eve. A bit of quiet before the day has been welcome, and a nice time to reflect on the year.
I have so much to be grateful for this year, and I am very aware of how blessed I am. It seems like every bad/sad/awful thing has occured to get me to this particular place in time... teaching children and disabled people, friends that I adore, and kids that are happy and doing well. Money is tight, but I am better off than most of the nation in that I have a place to live and food to eat, car to drive, etc. I could be married and be snuggled next to my soul mate each night, but I have friends that I love and joy in my day. I could be in Maine, but I have a phone that I can call home each day and SC is pretty darn mild this time of year. I could be skinnier, but my arms/legs/eyes/ears/etc. all work and I am happy to be healthy. All in all, I have lots to be thankful for, and for that I am grateful.
Merry Almost Christmas to All, and may 2006 be the best new year ever.
JP
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