Forgetting and Forgiving
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I had grand plans for this post—to mix it up. After a string of more serious, pensive posts, my intention was to be silly this morning. To talk about our Christmas tree and our girls and their deliciously amateur decorating skills. You see, our girls worked very hard to dress one single branch of our vast Frasier Fir with about two dozen ornaments. Now that lucky branch—and its collection of “Christmas balls”—is dragging on the wood floor.
By DivineCaroline | Leave A Comment
I had grand plans for this post—to mix it up. After a string of more serious, pensive posts, my intention was to be silly this morning. To talk about our Christmas tree and our girls and their deliciously amateur decorating skills. You see, our girls worked very hard to dress one single branch of our vast Frasier Fir with about two dozen ornaments. Now that lucky branch—and its collection of “Christmas balls”—is dragging on the wood floor.I also planned to talk about Husband, my strong and handsome man, who somehow managed to blow out his eardrum. He is on the mend now thanks to a cocktail of drops and antibiotics. In this post, I was going to be very clever and call Husband Little Drummer Boy. It would have been a funny post. I think you would have liked it.
But. That’s not this post. I can’t force it. I have to write about something else. Because that something else rattled about in my head all night long. I literally didn’t sleep because I was thinking about that something else.
That something else? I forgot my niece’s birthday. It was on Sunday. And I totally forgot it. Didn’t call. Didn’t send a gift. My niece is now four. As I am sure you remember, birthdays matter at that age. They are magical and majestic days. And I forgot her day. I didn’t even remember it yesterday. No, I had to get a phone call from Mom telling me that I missed it and telling me that my sister was rightfully very upset.
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Thanks for your post. It was truly wonderful to read. Your style of writing is so warm and conversational — so real. ITs like you’re talking to me one on one. Thank you for that.
I recently forgot to get a card for my husband’s birthday. Just totally forgot — I had alot of to-dos with my daugther that day and my brain has a malfunction. Anyhow, I feel bad about it, and told him I was sorry, he forgave me, We are all only human, after all.