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The ghosts of Christmas past: Old Age
This is going to be a special Christmas for all the wrong reasons. It will be my first without people I love who are dead. Just like last year. I have reached an age where most years ahead will include the death of someone I love. Right up to that Christmas that will be my Read more
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The ghosts of Christmas past: Parenthood
Just when the magic of Christmas starts to fade as we get older, a new generation comes along to bring it back. All the wonder and joy of the season is reflected in fresh eyes. Memories flood from the time when our own eyes were clear and bright. Only now, we are Santa Claus. We Read more
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The ghosts of Christmas past: Adulthood
It was over Christmas break in my freshman year of college that I wrote a letter confessing my love. I was better at confession back then because it had only been a few years since I did so regularly. Religiously, even. The Christmases that followed over the next couple of decades with the recipient of Read more
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The ghosts of Christmas past: Childhood
My first memories of Christmas are its smells. I’m getting a whiff of peppermint. And why is there a pine tree in the middle of the living room? Not that I mind. Quite the opposite. The cat likes to curl up under the blinking lights that excite all of us, even if they do make Read more
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Now That It’s Christmastime
A lot of people don’t like Christmas music. For one thing, they start playing them too early in the year. They remind us of the darkest and coldest time of year, and of our childhood, which was a dark and cold time in some of our lives. I get it, but I’m not one of Read more
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A List Of 25 Things To Be Thankful For
It’s Thanksgiving 2025 which makes this a good day to make a list of things to be thankful for. I’ll start: 1. The past, future, and eternal present (maybe that’s 3)2. Skin3. Dolphins4. Gravity5. The speed of light6. The light in your eyes 7. The pain of lost love8. Sexual attraction9. Suppressed laughter10. Tears of Read more
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