The week in-between...

I can't believe Christmas is over already. I just didn't connect to it this year like I usually do. Maybe part of that was a form of self protection so the pain of missing my sister didn't get too intense.

And now I feel my mind turning to a new year in a big way. While Christmas didn't hit me as hard this year, think the New Year will hit me harder than usual. 2008 was a year of challenges and gifts. How do you describe a year that delivers not only the worst thing to ever happen to you...but also some of the best things?

It's not a "good" year...but certainly an Important one.

Here's to a happy new one for all of us.

I have a good feeling about it.

Little Drummer Kid...

From an email my mother wrote:

"Every time the song The Little Drummer Boy comes on I think about you when you were 15 months old, sitting on the floor by the stereo and listening to that song...and tapping your head against the stereo in beat to it."

Umm...

I think I just discovered the moment to which I can trace my mental craziness.

Thanks, mom!