Merry Christmas (and Happy Festivus for the rest of us…..)

The title is from one of the favorite Christmas songs of me and my sisters….sung by James Brown, it holds a special place in our hearts….(just another title that has little to nothing to do with the content of this entry)

As I get older and further from the Christmas’s of my childhood I learn to really appreciate the ways of the world when I was growing up…..

I’m not gonna say that kids have it worse now they probably have it better ….but things have become so drastically different in the past 16 years….

16 years ago I wanted a bike, so that I could ride down to my best friend Mike’s house….I had a normal nuclear family, a mom, a dad, and my two baby sisters….people came over our house and we ate there….it was my last such Christmas….Mom and Dad got divorced the next summer…..

The next few Christmas’s were odd….we would alternate between being in Atlanta and Mississippi where my mom was from….gradually we worked out a routine that involved my grandmother and grandfather coming down Christmas Eve….

I’ve had some good Christmas’s and some bad ones….this year doesn’t really fall into either catagory….it’s sort of an indifferent Christmas….

Right now I care about the happiness of my mom and especially my dad….everything else is just gravy to me….I’m not concerned about what I may or may not get….I have no expectations….I just want to spend time with people I love, be loved, and give love….

Anyway that’s how I’m feeling early on this Christmas day….peace!