Here we go into the holidays my friends. I hope you are all girded for battle. As my offering to you for Thanksgiving I am posting chapter nine of the book. It is a synopsis of the holidays. It covers Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years Eve, past, present, and future. It is an amalgamation of what I have had, and what I can no longer anticipate having. I am missing Harold and Smithee, and Ron and Rick and Paulie, my beloved family members Ronnie, Marvin, my aunts and uncles, my grandparents of course, who were major, major influences on me, and all the others I have lost. I miss them all terribly, but I know that death is part of life, and I still see all of them in my mind’s eye. In my world they are still with me, and are reading this over my shoulder and telling me to add what I have forgotten.
As I have probably mentioned, the cats help me through my feelings of loss, but today I am going to be thankful for all that I have, for all that I have experienced which made me who I am, and for all of the people I have known and loved who were part of those experiences; those with me now, and those who are elsewhere. To all of you, I am thankful to have had you in my life, and to those reading with mortal eyes, I am grateful you are still here.
Be safe through the holidays. Be joyful. Peace be with you.