2008 Christmas Eve .............................................


Almost 4 a.m. So it is in fact just Christmas Eve. Feeling a little sad perhaps. Should be asleep but I'm not.

It's a small family "we" have. Spread thinly and barely in contact. The "Disney World" would have us gathered under one roof being all festive and effervescent but of course we're not. Spread around by geography, divorce, separation and choice we'll celebrate the season with whoever is at hand.

Each happy in our way because that's how it it is and has to be I guess.

Saddest case I suppose is my sister and I. She's in British Columbia, I think. I have no address and no phone number. We're out of contact, maybe forever, by her choice.

And the rest of you? Somewhere between a dozen and twenty, give or take, depending on what constitutes a "relative," I suppose .... I wish you all wonderful Christmas etc. etc.

There are 400+ people on my rendition of the Hutton family tree thus far. About 350 of those are dead and gone of course. I wonder how they got along in the 1700s and 1800s and 1900s.

Perhaps we have a family trait that keeps us all at arm's length. Perhaps all families are partially disfunctional despite the visions the various media seem to have.

We lost Sherri this year which gave me a jolt.

Oh well, next month is 2009 .................... I wonder what that will bring, peace and happiness mayhap. I hope so.

Now to bed at 4.30 a.m. Perchance to sleep ................................