Today Jagger’s finals start. He has AP World History and Science. Hope all goes well. I have a conference call and need to continue getting in about $2 Million worth of purchase orders and also run down to Fed Ex to mail some packages. Tomorrow I’m in Denver and Wednesday in Aspen. Thursday, Friday, and Saturday and for the foreseeable future, it’s supposed to be in the single digits up here and well below zero at night. Denver will be really cold too. Looks like there will be a white Christmas. Mom would have liked that.
Tomorrow is Tom’s birthday. I think he’ll be 57. He’s so young, ha. I’m trying not to get Lori’s cold but have had a headache for the past 24 hours. She still seems pretty sick but hopefully is getting better. Ty needs to be at school early and so does Jag.
He had a nice birthday but studied all day long. Lori and I did drive down to Denver for some more shopping and we’re still not done, but are much closer. Mojo ate a blue ink pen yesterday (chewed it up), while we were gone, but thankfully ink didn’t get everywhere. After seeing the pen I though he’d have a blue mustache! He’s been chewing stuff up lately, hope he doesn’t get into our presents.
One week until Christmas. Deb Rubin emailed yesterday and her daughter Taylor is getting engaged in January and she has a single solitaire diamond Mom gave her years ago that she wants to use in her engagement ring. She asked her Mom if she thought Aunt Lois would be ok with that and Deb said of course she would. Her email said the diamond had incredible clarity, just like Mom. I know Mom would be touched and this would make her happy. Things are starting to pop up or happen that make me think of Mom. It’s natural that this happens more during the holidays but when you think of it, it’s so sad she’s not here. My only consolation is that I know she’s at peace and watching our every move from heaven. Keep that in mind people, especially Tom, Robi and Shelly, Mom is watching you, (and me), ha!
Take time to stop and think about Christmas, this year and especially in years past, and remember when you were a kid. I told Lori it’s much more fun these days to “give than get”. I guess you are old when that happens. We (Lori and I) don’t feel old but when we’re honest about it, there’s no denying we are, it’s hard to say, “old”. Life is so precious and each day should be cherished. Please don’t dwell on the negative or petty little things that in the grand scheme of things, don’t really matter. Daily I catch myself starting to make an issue out of something that doesn’t matter. At least now I recognize it and let it go. Lori is great at helping here as she seems to be pretty level headed most of the time. A dirty room or dishes, or a coat on the floor, is nothing to get upset about. Christmas is the one holiday most of us remember that we can look back on and reflect on our own childhood and pretty much see a chronology of our life through the years. Lori and I both remember most years pretty vividly and the boys, well they remember better than us. Of course they have less years to remember, ha. I told her yesterday, let’s make it a really fun week and really celebrate the spirit of Christmas as in a few days, it’ll all be gone for 2017, and never return. So, Merry Christmas (I say that to everyone, people in stores, waiters, anyone I talk to) and enjoy the season. God Bless you and Merry Christmas!