Merry Christmas! What did you get this morning! I got lots, which I won’t go into too much, but among the ‘important’ bits are a computer for college and a new phone that hasn’t arrived yet. Also an amount of chapstick that will last a lifetime. Did you get what you wanted? How much did you get?
It started snowing this morning. It was quite exciting, but it happened off and on, and didn’t coat the ground. I don’t know if it’ll stay, but having snow on Christmas is very exciting, like a movie! Did it snow in Eugene? Is it expected to snow sometime in the future? I made Yorkshire pudding with Grandma, and Mom made figgy pudding. Neither of them looked like normal pudding. And I don’t think the figgy pudding had figs in it? It was still pretty good. Did you make anything special for dinner?
I admit I’m always sad on this day. Each year it’s, “Oh, it’s been 1,825 days since Mom said, “John, get Soren upstairs,”,” at the door of our house, and each year the number gets bigger, with no resolution in sight. Time is lonely, as are we. But I don’t want to dwell on it, since that makes it feel worse.
I miss you very much. Merry Christmas, Soren. I hope it has been happy.
With love,
Alice