The same and different. The family gathers Christmas Eve. 90% of family in a good place, laughing, sharing expecially the $ gifts which all need. A grandson who loves being away in college sharing his experience. A son who is moody and withdrawn, his daughter buried in her iphone addiction, unable to “be” with family , a wife not comfortable being there. Holidays require a lot of pretending. The blanket that holds us all together is stretched and thin I’m supposed to be and yet I’m not the way they want me to be is the expectation. IF it were possible to just “be” with this large group of loving people without feeling you need to “be” a certain way. What is a mother, grandmother, aunt, uncle, son, husband, wife, teenage daughter? We get so trapped in these roles that we stop paying attention to what the other is feeling or thinking. Sometimes just being who we are is risky. IF one of these people dies today or tomorrow will I be satisfied that I have been authentic with them, cared for them, loved them?
PAZ
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