Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1141 - Christmas 2018

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #1141 - Christmas 2018 - a sense of doubt post #1404

Hi Mom,

I know I just made a HEY MOM post on Sunday, but it seemed appropriate to do another today as there will not be another until Sunday the 30th, when I am back in Michigan.

Today is mostly reprint, last year's Christmas post and a set of links to other Christmas posts on or around the day from past years.

So, this is a quiet and lovely, intimate little, Merry Christmas we're having.

I already called Dad (the BG, Big Guy) and Lori (you know, your daughter), but as if this was a real phone call -- as I intended HEY MOM to be from the start, continuing our conversations -- here's the day so far.

I was awakened about 2:30 a.m. when Noodle, who is visiting climbed into bed, too near Ellory, who snapped at her. After a short while, I did fall back to sleep, but then was up again at 4 a.m., 4:30 a.m., and so then I finally got up at 5 a.m. I fed the dogs, had coffee, did my sixty minutes of UV light treatment in two 30 minute intervals, and then watched the Scott Van Pelt Sportscenter: Best Bad Beats of 2018.

ASIDE: "Hey, SVP, a bit too much with the recording of Chris Berman saying 'The Raiders'."

I love SVP's Sportscenter. It's very clever. Bad Beats is funny, especially the promos with the cafeteria and Stanford Steve in a hair net. Sadly, I cannot find an image of the promos with Stanford Steve in a hair net.

After some talking and more coffee, Liesel and I exchanged gifts. After calling our families, we showered, though first I went in the backyard and picked up poop because two of the dogs, who shall be nameless but one of them is not Ellory, EAT POOP. So with clearing out the back lawn so there is no poop to eat, showered and perfumed, shaved, I am snuggled on the couch next to Satchel who wants me to forgive her for being a disgusting poop-eater who eats poop. And I am writing to you, Mom.

I miss you, mom. I think of you often. But every year, I learn more about how to live with the loss. Still, I wish you were here.

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Natalie Metzger - @fuzzyslug

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #903 - Christmas 2017 and Musical Monday

Hi Mom,

Liesel found this amazing Hildegarde von Bingen piece directly below, which led me to accumulate some other pieces plus Grove of Whispers from Warren Ellis yesterday, which led me to a page with a Bandcamp Daily post about Demen (and OH MY IS THAT GREAT).

I am still in low power mode, trying to confine myself to as few words as possible.

Yesterday, Liesel and I spent a magical and quiet day watching movies, eating baked goods, and enjoying candle light and movies. I finally watched Cold Mountain. We also watched an Amazon original - The Lost City of Z.

I considered re-posting any one or all of these past Christmas posts. Yesterday's post on Ellory was a re-post of 2016's Christmas Day post. Below are links to four posts I am rather proud of from 2015 (plus one from 2016), when, just months after your death, Mom, I was really hurting and yet basking in the great love of family. Two years removed from that time (WOW, I have been doing this daily blog for OVER two years), I am in a much better place. I do miss you, Mom, but the hurt is not raw anymore.

I believe in the power of love. There's magic here in my house because of that love and because of this the great web of connection through time, space, spirits, and memory. As Yeats said, "Spiritus mundi."

Bring joy; find joy.

Still, these links speak to my Christmas experiences.

And this music is great.

To all my loved ones near and far, Merry Christmas and a the happiest of holidays.

Thursday, December 24, 2015

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #170 - Box of comics on Christmas Eve

Friday, December 25, 2015

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #171 - A FAMILY CHRISTMAS 2013


Saturday, December 26, 2015

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #172 - Christmases 2009-2015

Saturday, December 24, 2016

Hey, Mom! Talking to My Mother #536 - Tower Christmas at L&N Beard's 2016

And now the great music!














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Christmas 2009

Tower Family Christmas - 2012

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Reflect and connect.

Have someone give you a kiss, and tell you that I love you.

I miss you so very much, Mom.

Talk to you tomorrow, Mom.

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- Bloggery committed by chris tower - 1812.25 - 10:10

NEW (written 1708.27) NOTE on time: I am now in the same time zone as Google! So, when I post at 10:10 a.m. PDT to coincide with the time of your death, Mom, I am now actually posting late, so it's really 1:10 p.m. EDT. But I will continue to use the time stamp of 10:10 a.m. to remember the time of your death, Mom. I know this only matters to me, and to you, Mom.