Dec
19
Maybe This Christmas
Maybe this Christmas will mean something moreThose lyrics have been in my head all day. This morning there was an email in my inbox from someone who used to be a friend. We haven't spoken in nearly two years I think, maybe three, I can't even remember. The friendship ended on a very sour note, I was quite hurt at the time. Now I can't even remember all the details.
Maybe this year love will appear
Deeper than ever before
And maybe forgiveness will ask us to call
Someone we love
Someone we've lost
For reasons we can't quite recall
Maybe This Christmas by Ron Sexsmith
I recall doing everything I could to be a friend to this woman and feeling that the favor wasn't returned. Perhaps because of the season (winter solstice is Friday you know) I'm more open than I normally would be to acknowledging that my memory is faulty and that maybe I did some things wrong too. I tried to be kind in my response to her email and sincerely wished her well.
Someone wished me merry christmas the other day and I wanted to have some kind of honest and sincere response that more accurately reflected who I am and what I believe in instead of just blindly saying either "merry christmas" back or the more general happy holidays. The lyrics quoted above and the time I took composing my reply to the long lost emailer have helped me formulate that response and verbalize my sincerest wish for friends and family during this season. "May you have a reflective and peaceful solstice full of love. And may those warm feelings accompany you into a new year full of friendship, community, knowledge and even more love still."
It's a little long to say to the cashier at the drug store but I say it with deep sincereity and reverence to all of you.
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Michelle published this on December 19, 2007.
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