(Ok, since I seem to have scared away all of my readers, here's a disclaimer: not all of my thoughts these days involve bodily fluids, really. Most of them. Just not all of them.)
I made it through Christmas surprisingly ok. Even though this was supposed to be the year that my life changed completely, I'm doing ok.
My life *has* changed, of course. I'm a different person this Christmas than I was last year. I know that I'll never be able to go back to the person I was in 2004, but the person I'll be in 2006 will have a better perspective on all that this life holds. G also has a different perspective, too; the other day I overheard him talking about my surgery on the phone to a friend of his and he said "hopefully we'll be able to start trying again soon." I never thought I'd ever hear him say this at all a few years ago, and so for him to say it when he didn't know I was even around is wonderful.
In a few short days we will be bidding a fond farewell to this year, and welcoming in the next. I've read about a custom I plan to adopt this year, that of burning a bayberry candle from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day to bring good fortune to the next year.
I can't wait.
I made it through Christmas surprisingly ok. Even though this was supposed to be the year that my life changed completely, I'm doing ok.
My life *has* changed, of course. I'm a different person this Christmas than I was last year. I know that I'll never be able to go back to the person I was in 2004, but the person I'll be in 2006 will have a better perspective on all that this life holds. G also has a different perspective, too; the other day I overheard him talking about my surgery on the phone to a friend of his and he said "hopefully we'll be able to start trying again soon." I never thought I'd ever hear him say this at all a few years ago, and so for him to say it when he didn't know I was even around is wonderful.
In a few short days we will be bidding a fond farewell to this year, and welcoming in the next. I've read about a custom I plan to adopt this year, that of burning a bayberry candle from New Year's Eve into New Year's Day to bring good fortune to the next year.
I can't wait.
posted by Lisa P. at 8:28 AM
6 Comments:
i hope 2006 holds only the good things the changed you deserves.
Didn't scare me away...I've just been in my own bad place, so I stopped talking for a bit. But I'm always reading. :o)
Mind if I borrow your bayberry candle idea? We need all the luck we can get.
Never heard of that idea! Where's you hear about it? (With my dumb luck, the candle would 'blaze' a trail of 2005 into 2006, and not in a good way either.)
I actually got one as a gift last year and it had a poem attached to it. I didn't think much of it then but have since Googled on it and found that the poem goes like this:
A bayberry candle burned to the socket
Brings health to the home and wealth to the pocket.
Other versions add this to the beginning:
This bayberry candle comes from a friend
On New Years' Eve burn it down to the end
There's some sites that list that the "luck" only works if the candle was given to you, but I am not going to be picky this year. Any luck at this point...
I've been checking in on you too - always do:)... just to make sure you are ok, but you were keeping that a secret!!
I'm glad to hear that you're looking forward with a bit of hope. So what does need to happen before you can start trying again?
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