A Few Good Memes

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1. thordora | 30-Nov-06 at 8:47 am | Permalink

   I talked to my Dad about this, and he agreed that the first Christmas was so fucking hard. Neither of us even really remember it.

   Keep the traditions intact, but also make new ones. I always had to lead the charge for stuff like this, and I always tried to make new memories, but neither my Father or my brother were interested. I’m glad you’re keep it normal.

   And don’t listen to O Holy Night. Even now, I start bawling like a baby at that song, just from the sheer beauty of that song.

   Hang in there.

2. karrie | 30-Nov-06 at 2:31 pm | Permalink

   I’m so sorry.

   My father passed away when I was in 3rd grade, and like Thor said, I remember that first holiday season as being particularly rough for my mom. She had three little kids, and she went through the motions for us, but it was hard. He died in 1981, she has since remarried–twice!–and this time of the year is still difficult for her.

   Glad you have good friends who are there to support you and your kids, and to help make the holiday stuff a bit less lonely.

3. jase | 30-Nov-06 at 2:37 pm | Permalink

   Thanks Karrie. I’m finding that getting back into my routine of daily exercise and getting (almost) enough sleep is at least helping take the edge off. I’m really blessed, actually, that I can make the time to work out every day. Being prone to depression, I’d be off the deep end if I didn’t exercise. This post is witness to that.

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