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12.27.2005

The Wheel

My family coming together
for the holiday season this
year was special.








It's not that it hasn't been special in the past, but this year I feel like our being together wasn't taken for granted. We're all older, we've had a death in my mother's immediate family this year, and our relationships, as much as they seem very much the same, have gradually become more 'grown-up'.

For too many, this holiday season was a haunting reminder of lives lost, families dissevered and homes destroyed. For some, this will be the last holiday season and for others, this is the first of many.

The end of the year prefaces a new cycle, a new season, a new start.
Once again, this is just the beginning.

photo by: LL
:: posted by chumpsrock, 3:04 PM


1 Comments:

I'm glad you were able to appreciate some family time. You have a great family. It's strange how your roles change as you get older.
Blogger Miss Marisol, at 10:16 PM  

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