Hurrah!

[zouzounaki]

So, I'm sick. Sick as a dog. After two weeks of avoiding the flu that my sister had, right as she recovered almost fully, I caught it. Le sigh. So how, exactly, you may ask, is that a hurrah? Well, I'm feeling a little better today and it might not be as prolonged as I feared it would be and I'll be bright eyed and bushy tailed on Saturday,a s the LeZotte Christmas festivities always begin on Christmas Eve! Got my shopping done, tree is up (and looks lovely!); now all I have to do is rest, kick my feet back and get better!

It's strange cos I've been feeling a certain melancholy this year as well, and, yesterday, Ann happened to turn to me and say 'I miss them this year. I didn't as much last year, but I do now. I really miss them.' Last year, my parents' deaths had still be so close and my father's had been, as cruel as it sounds, a relief. It still felt like they were there, you know? Now, this year, we're in our new place together and have basically severed the ties to them, there is a sense of sadness about it, as well as one of starting over. It's facing the fact that, this is it, this is the rest of our lives without them!

So, this is for them! My mother absolutely loved the holidays, so all of this cheer that I feel for the season, this is for her!

Peace, Ghani

Comments

[lindsaygirl58.livejournal.com]

Hugs sweetie! I have been thinking about you this season, for that very reason.

Hope you feel much much better by Christmas and peace to you too.

Love

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks! You know that I only got through all of that because of my very special friends like you, dontcha? :-)

HUGS, Jean

[lindsaygirl58.livejournal.com]

Jean, I absolutely dread the day when I get there too; it scares me shitless. My mother is gone for the holidays because she's tending to her sick mother, and it simply will not be the same. We're postponing our festivities until she gets back home.
So, I can only imagine.....

My heart is with you.

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Aww, bless! I loved my mother like every single second counted; she was one of a kind, I'll tell ya! But then, every mum is, isn't she? :-)

It's so sweet you're postponing your festivities for her! Love to all of yours and GREAT BIG HUGS!

Peace, Jean

[lindsaygirl58.livejournal.com]

We're still getting together naturally with my Dad this weekend. But Mom's birthday is Christmas Eve, and that's such an important part of our Christmas, so yeh, we definitely need to put a hold on all of that. It doesn't feel much like Christmas to me this year, to tell you the truth.

I'm still trying to decorate the tree!

:)

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Oh, happy birthday to your mom! :-D It's been a strange year and it doesn't really feel like Christmas to us either but I'm hoping when the day comes, we'll get our cheer on. Slip my brother some spiked nog, that should liven things up, bwahahaha!

And, us? We got a fake tree for the first time in years, with the lights on it and all so it was just snap, snap, snap. Maybe that sin quiz was right about sloth... Bwahahaha! ;-)

Peace, Ghani

[iansmomesq.livejournal.com]

Hugs, honey, and peace be with you. *HUGS*

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

Aww, thanks! Much appreciated! :-)

Peace.

[may-child.livejournal.com]

*hugs* The holidays are a strange time -- celebration mixed with melancholy. And for you, it's especially so. I'm definitely here for you, any time you want to talk. :-)

[ghanistarkiller.livejournal.com]

HUGS backatcha (and some for Tim and Molly as well!) :-) I don't know what I would have done in this past year without you!

Peace, Ghani

[may-child.livejournal.com]

HUGS backatcha (and some for Tim and Molly as well!) :-) I don't know what I would have done in this past year without you!

Awww...you have definitely helped me through some rough times too. :-)