Thanks Being Me. Today was like one of those weird dreams you have. I was supposed to have lunch with a friend but he has the flu so cancelled. Instead I went out this afternoon to start some Christmas shopping. I was in a store and suddenly began to think about how much my Dad loved Christmas. It was around this time a year ago he went into hospital and never came out. He was refusing to go, he wasn't gonna miss Christmas! He loved to Christmas shop. I went back to my car and started driving home and the flood gates just opened up. Finally, the tears were making driving an issue so I pulled onto a small side street and into a parking lot. I sat and cried, wiped my eyes and realized I was in Coffee Buddy's work place parking lot...interesting. I pulled out and onto a major street which was blocked due to road construction. The detour took me down a side street were the private school my kids went to for five years is on. That's when all my anchors were in place, my life was set...we were happy. I'm feeling a bit washed out right now, tears do that to me. This is the first Christmas without Dad...I miss him.
