Merry Christmas!
My friend sent a Christmas card showing them haul in their first Christmas tree for their first Christmas in the north country 25 years ago. (They live in a town a couple of hours or so north of where I live). We got to reminiscing on the phone and I said, you know, on the 16th of this month I will have been here for 10 years! Wow! Where has the time gone? It doesn't seem that long, I think because D died at the half way mark. My whole life sort of recalibrated itself to that date ... so it feels more like five years!!! Here is a little video of how we came to live here ten years ago ...
I love my house and the countryside BUT I do not like shovelling snow. Sigh. So thankful for a neighbour who helps me out.
Anyway, I thought it was blog worthy as it is a milestone.
Can you take it? Two posts after nothing for a year. Crazy I know. But the fact that four people actually commented after all this time inspired me.
Hope your time with family and friends over the Christmas season is extra special and that the New Year brings personal growth, health and joy.
ttfn .....
(Who knows, perhaps I am on a roll?)
7 comments:
thank you for sharing the video Eileen, beautiful home, in beautiful country
It's seems strange that time moves so fast,especially after the loss of a loved one.Your how his very cute.
"Not too much has changed in 10 years."
And,
"My whole life sort of recalibrated itself to that date."
Sounds contradictory, but I see that happening here, too. An attempt to reconcile being who you are and always were with something analogous to learning to walk again with one leg missing.
It's good to see you posting again. You always give me something to think about. I'll write you in a day or two.
Not too much has changed on the outside but on the inside there have been rearrangements! There, quite a bit has changed. I feel that through the ten years, and especially the last five, I have grown in who I am. Amazing how trials can do that - if we allow them to. A choice though - how we respond.
The change in ten years......
And keep writing, even if there is a gap.
I write when I see something that touches my heart. (comment or no comment)
Thanks for this second post, Eileen, and for the look back at how you came to live in your house n the country. Time does have a way of going by faster than expected it seems. Wishing you a very Merry Christmas season in your home.
Such wonderful memories.
Cheers,
Rosa
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