I feel like the thousand pound gorilla is in the room. The gorilla called "Mother’s Day"! Twelve years ago my thoughts on Mother’s Day were along the lines of not wanting to make the day be all about me or to make Robin or anyone feel obligated to make the day a big one or…
Holidays
My wish for you for 2006:
May your estrangements be few and short, May your friendships be deep and longlasting, And the estrangements that you have … may they bring you more peace than pain. Happy New Year! from Ginny
Christmas Present … as in Current, Today, Now, 2005
Today started with a poppyseed bagel and goat cheese with peppercorns. The goat cheese is made locally by a man who has goats. Of course! We bought the cheese in a small cheese shop that I love. The proprietor is a cheese aficianado. He sells cheese the way wine sellers sell fine wines. He is…
Christmas Eve Traditions, Past & Present
Once upon a time … In practically a previous lifetime I spent 17 Christmas Eves at the home of my ex-husband’s parents. From 1966 to 1983. At the last one I already knew I wanted to end my marriage but thought it was too cruel to say so in December of the year. Since then…
Results of search on Technorati for keywords Christmas and estranged …
Here are the results of this Technorati search today. I did a search using the keywords Christmas and estranged. After I selected ten, Technorati pooped out on me so couldn’t look at more right now. But this is sufficient. The results relate to all kinds of estrangements: with parents, husbands, sisters, friends and some are…
Merry Christmas, a Good Bah Humbug or a Get Well Card?
I wrote the following last year in a longer post on(Christmas Day 2004) . About Christmas …. it seems almost inappropriate to wish those who come here looking for answers a Merry Christmas. If you have come here to find a way to resolve an estrangement and you're miserable over being estranged, then the last…
Eight more links to posts with keywords estranged & Thanksgiving …
If you only read one of these, make it the first one. By far my favorite: Thanksgiving tough questions if i get my way, turkeys will be safe forever Gobble Gobble Gobble Surviving the holiday? Thanksgiving Part II Sweat pants T-Day, Plus 1 Why I slam religion…
OT – On the subject of Thanksgiving Day family murders …
One of my favorite online writers is Steve Huff. He usually writes about crime stories that interest him and chooses stories to write about that I’d never hear of otherwise. This will sound strange but he has superb taste in crime and good instincts for what motivates people. This last week the question crossed my…
Results of the Internet Search of the Day using Keywords Estranged and Thanksgiving
Got a little time on your hands and want to do some reading? Some of the blogs I found are very cool. These are the most interesting of the results I found on doing a Technorati search of blogs that include the words Estranged and Thanksgiving. Results are from the last eight days worth of…
About sending presents when you are estranged …
In the recent communications from my daughter I learned that all gifts, flowers, and cards sent to her in the last 10 years by myself or my mother had been put in the trash. I don’t know what my mother sent to her. I hadn’t sent much as I thought there was a good chance…