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Seelerboy called four times from Korea and eventually caught us home. We spent the morning at Seelergirl's, came home for a few hours, and went back for dinner. For some reason we are unable to call Seelerboy in Korea even though he says that we are trying the correct number for his cell phone.
But eventually he reached us at home Christmas evening (next day for him) and we had a nice chat. Not quite the same as having him sitting by the treee watching the joy on people's faces as they open their gifts, or passing the turkey across the table.
He apparently had oysters at an almost deserted restaurant near his campus (the students having all gone home for the holiday).
 
Thus the REX US guise ...

If God made copies and copies and copies of self would that be copious or plagiarism? Due to laws on copy right by the powers the story is corrupted ... and thus proof of the Last Theorem ... fer mat to clean your fetes ova as that's ET AL folks ... for legally I can say no more ... IY am running out of algorithms ... a kind of Allah gory ... as most extreme powers are .. leading to Aryan type ... Old English Gothic? Thus the Cyrillic carries on when you're gone beyond ... to where we know not ...

The Greek thought it oily fishing in the trees for nutz ...
 
My family of origin is in a dysfunctional mess this year - so there was no getting together at Christmas.......
I was concerned that my brother (who is almost a recluse and not in the best of health) would be spending Christmas alone this year.

I rang him and asked would he just meet me for a cup of coffee, as I know he doesn't like anyone putting social pressure on him. To my amazement, he said that if any restaurant was open we could have a meal together. I was stunned - this is so out of character for him.
We ate Thai, and when the restaurant became noisy, like the two introverts we are, we went our separate ways. One last surprise, he paid for the both of us!

I had a phone call from my Brisbane step-daughter - and the other two step-daughters came to see me with the grandkids.
(I feel blessed here - as it's been eight years since their Dad died, and we're still very much a part of each other's lives)......
 
Where does time come from and go to ... and do we kill it as equivalent to light? It is quite an attribute when you ponder it ...
 
A few days with both met and unmet desires for several of us it seems. Early in the Christmas season someone sent me a picture of a family gathered for a meal. The words said something like 'There is a difficult person in every family. Sometimes several of them take turns being difficult. When you can't tell which one is the challenging, difficult person then consider the possibility that it is you".

I decided to not react negatively to the person in my family that I find the most aggravating. It worked well - this new technique will be continued.
 
Sometimes it is best to act elite ... like your missing some Q'lues ... so you can fit in quietly ... except in script and they won't understand the depths of that ... it is aesthetic ... no amnesic required ... like aspirin ... head ache ... psycho pathic pane ... NO!

Can you relate psyche, head and sah from ole tongues ... chi was the head whoa man .. but the brae ham didn't know what to be doing ... had to be scroo dead about a bit ... no chit!
 
Tabitha, I really wish for you that at some point in your future your middle child finds a way to be able (within themselves) to re-establish a relationship with you and your family. No one feels the loss of this relationship more than you . . . but I believe this child of yours is missing out on something too, even though the decision to have the separation is theirs. May things turn around soon for all of you.
 
Pilgrims Progress, glad to hear you met up with your brother - sometimes we have to settle for less than what we hope for . . . hope he is doing okay. Hope you are doing okay!
 
My mom tells me that our estranged Dr. Rae did call home on Christmas Day. However, we missed his call since we were celebrating with sister Susanna and her family ///
 
Tabitha - your words seem to have been stolen from my mouth. Yup - phone him back sounds like the reasonable and restorative thing to do.
 
Is that like a retort or ... Just iteration?

Things we should know but don't for some reason similar to our likes of fruit cake ... some like to spoil it for others when there virtually isn't anything wrong with fig heh Duff ... crazy with emotions?
 
@Tabitha and @KayTheCurler - you're right, calling him back would be, I guess, the right thing to do if I want to stay in contact with him. I don't want to do that though. I'm not really comfortable talking on the phone like that - and what if his girlfriend answered.
 
Then call him at work Jae (if you don't have his number it's available on the Gov. website) or if his girlfriend answers say "could I speak to Rae please?"
Jae what is more important-your comfort level or staying in contact with your brother? God calls us to uncomfortable actions sometimes.
 
and then there is e-mail or actual letter writing- or even sending a christmas card. Perhaps you could offer to pay for your mom to call? If you want to stay in touch you can. You have that opportunity. I don't with my daughter and I miss that. Big time.
 
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