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Charles’ Ears

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RDP Friday: Functional

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I struggle with each year to enjoy the Christmas season.

I used to have a good time and I really threw myself into the entire experience but life is life and when a couple of toxic people burn you life to the ground, it’s hard to jump up and say, ” ho, ho, ho and Merry Christmas y’all!”

I wish I could say I was a stronger person and could rise about the ruins they created, but I haven’t. It’s a struggle. But hey, what’s one more struggle when you’re already fighting the tide?

So.

When I put up my tree, I decorate it with grim determination,  but I put it up.

When I listen to Christmas music the first thought that pops into my head is, ” I really used to l like this song. ” I tell that little thought that it had it’s moment in the Sun and I turn the music up louder.

When someone wishes me a Merry Christmas I say to myself, ” From your lips to Charles’ Dickens ears ” – no snark, I really think and MEAN that.

I’m not sure if this process of mine means I’ve come up with a solid and functional plan to take back a part of my life that used to bring me a lot of joy, or if I should just pack it in.

I’m really not sure but I guess I’ll just keep moving forward and see where I end up.

Harsh Reality

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Would you give up your home, your health, would you eat less and work more

would you be willing to be one of those poor broken people who dies on the bus on the way to your 1 or 2 jobs

in order to secure the happiness, the well being, the promise of a good life

for one ( take your pick ) of the richest families in the United States?

Not YOUR family, mind you.

A lot of people made the choice to do just that and I will never understand WHY.

I guess I am just selfish to the marrow of my bones.

RDP Monday: Austere

Patience and Experience

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RDP Tuesday: PATIENCE

Patience
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My Great Grandmother ( six times removed ) was named Experience and her sister who died when she was only five years old was named Patience.

Their Father’s name was Lancelot and his wife was named Eve.

The name ” Patience ” shows up often in our family tree but not so much ” Experience “.

If you knew the women in my family, you’d think that was funny too.

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One Request

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Wrap me in a shroud- a flannel one stamped with dogs and maybe a cat or two

don’t put me in  box, don’t line my grave with marble or stone

don’t bury me deep, leave me in a shallow grave,

that way I won’t have to work so hard when I claw my way back out again.

You made me work hard for it the last time you buried me.

Remember? You buried me deep.

Was that necessary? Was it really?

RDP Monday: SHALLOW