So It's the 25th of December...Merry Christmas to those who celebrate on this day. Happy belated Yule to my pagan folks. Happy 4th day of Hanukkah to my Jewish folks. Okay I'm done for the day.I wasn't up to celebrating these holidays. I normally don't. My holidays used to consist of lots of family and friends especially when my father was alive. Then when passed away 16 years ago, they slowly diminished. My mom would work during the holidays at the end of the year and I got used to being home along. Then as I grew up and entered relationships, I always had someone to be with. That's not the case today. Even though my mom's still here, she works the same schedule.
I spent time with some friends on Christmas Eve. We all don't celebrate it like we used to; we are all from Hispanic cultures so its a custom to celebrate on December 24th, Christmas Eve. There was much reveling, much silliness and much drinking. If you notice the picture on top, that's my drink concoction. I call it, the Hialeah Sunrise, since I'm from Hialeah, FL. It consists of the finest vodka your little hands can get on, X-Rated liqueur (since we are all randy ladies) and a splash (or what you would consider a splash) of orange juice. Yummy. :)
Did you ever see "My Big Fat Greek Wedding". Remember how they gathered on the front yard to roast a goat/lamb on a spit. Well basically my family was the same concept, with family and all...just Cuban. I miss the roasting pig in the back yard with My dad and uncles and cousins gathered around the fire, helping to cook the pig. The women clucking away while preparing the side dishes. Kids running around running a muck. I miss that alot. Yet I avoid it like the plague because of the memories that come up.
I miss my father. I miss family that have passed. I miss my mom, even though she's here, but that she continues to work during the days where we used to really spend time together as a family.
Hope your holidays were wonderful and spent around those you love and care about. Have a blessed one!
When you start to feel sad about what you've lost, or what other people have that you don't have, just look around - there is always someone worse off than you.
ReplyDeleteYesterday I was crying because I was alone in the store, nobody invited me to lunch, and my husband wasn't coming home for Christmas. Then I talked to my best friend and she doesn't HAVE a husband, or a job, or even one single family member living; so needless to say, she ate her lunch alone as well.
Even those with nothing are blessed.
Thanks for being my friend and making me feel loved!
~C