An Admission

[poliphilo]

Of course my distaste for Christmas goes back to the break-up of my first marriage. After that my kids never ever got to spend Christmas Day with me. I pretended not to mind- but I did.

I've always dealt with emotional pain by stuffing it up my jumper.

The kids are grown up now. One's in Leicester, one's in Japan and one lives with me and Ailz. There are no grandchildren- yet. Perhaps it's time I moved on....

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[poliphilo.livejournal.com]

For a long time I made a point of celebrating the Solstice and ignoring Christmas Day (as if that were really possible.) No, what I'm hoping is that, having recognised the source of my glumness, I may be able to stop being such a grinchy old Scrooge.