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Without trying to sound like "Debbie Downer" as my sisters used to call my mom (lol), my family turns into horrible people during the holidays. Not the typical stressed-type either.
I am thankful for still being alive when I shouldn't be, I have at least one good child, a near perfect boyfriend and great pets.
By the way, I've grown quite bitter over the years about holidays. Not just because my "family" makes them miserable, but because it takes a holiday for people to be thankful, happy or kind to others. Those that spend 364 days a year being selfish and inconsiderate, but put a $1 in that red bucket when entering or exiting a store and call it good.
More people than I care to admit have turned holidays into competitions. Who has the better house (furniture, televisions, game systems) to have the holiday meal at, who gives the better gifts (when more times than not someone ends up getting hurt or jealous because you spent more money on someone else). Why does it matter? Why must inanimate objects mean more than people?
A lot of people have saved me from the brink of my own disasters and I spend a lot of time paying it forward, not just a holiday when I can make them a huge meal. I have been dead numerous times and spent most of my life in and out of hospitals for long periods of time since the day I was born. I have been homeless, in bad relationships, and lived a strictly pro-me lifestyle. I don't need a holiday at the end of the year or an accident or disaster of some type to ask for forgiveness.
I've been upset seeing all the status msgs on Facebook with people starting out with the words "It's this time of year that I stop to be thankful for....". Why just then?
'nuff said.
LOL I hear ya sista!!
Its a good thing my family didnt have access to nukes because we would have taken out the east side of the state and a good chunk of Canada! We seemed to have mellowed in our old age and I am going to my sisters today for a plate of food then run for it
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