At the end of December I sent a letter to the Big Man. I was hoping for an answer but you know how it is — crickets. Maybe he has an anal retentive elf at the front desk who screens all the mail or the weight and stress finally led to a cardiac event orContinue reading “The “B” Word”
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Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired
Do you think that Mary-the-Virgin-Mother-of-God ever looked to the heavens after traveling a million miles through desert and bumpy terrain on the back of a saggy-ass donkey passing Inn after Inn with No Vacancy signs but Joseph insisting they can’t ask anyone where the next empty Inn is because he’ll find it himself then they finallyContinue reading “Oh, Joseph, I’m So Tired”
Time it Was
An orange in the toe of our stockings. Peering around the big green vinyl chair that was used to block the entrance to the living room so we couldn’t get to the tree before my parents and open all the presents. Ribbon candy. My name scrawled with black marker across faded thin wrapping paper in my mother’sContinue reading “Time it Was”
Just Like the Ones We Used to Know
I think the magic is gone. I don’t know how to find joy in this holiday season anymore. I’m trying to put up a good front on the outside, but I’m a regular Bah Humbug on the inside. And aren’t we kind of set up for this from the get-go? We believe in this guyContinue reading “Just Like the Ones We Used to Know”
In the Chair 