As gray as we are, there is still a little kid in both of us. Take the DH. He doesn't just LIKE Christmas, he LOVES it. Not the gifts - he hates shopping, doesn't ever know what to give. Evidence: one Christmas, I got an IRON. As a GIFT? I retaliated with a VACUUM CLEANER!
Guys, appliances ARE NOT GOOD GIFTS!!!
DH loves the MUSIC, DECORATIONS and LIGHTS of the season. In his classroom, he puts up a small tree and lights - in OCTOBER, BEFORE Halloween. C-r-r-razy!
We were talking about where we want to travel if we ever have any money (so hard with furloughs/temporary jobs/reduced income/expensive child). NOT Vegas - we are about the only local people we know who have never been there.
It's been 30 long years since we've been to Europe together: "Paris", I said, dreaming of the Seine, the museums, the quality of light. "And Italy, for the food, the museums..."
"How will we go, on a tour?" Asked the DH.
"NO WAY!", I answered, "As long as we can still walk, Eurail is the way to go."
"Then," he said quickly, "pack light!" I bus' out laughing, and he grabbed me for a hug.
We were sitting in the park, counting the stars, like the old people we are.
"OK," I said, 'we'll add Germany for you!"
Then I asked him if he remembered one of our first dates, when we were so hot from sketching near Hanauma Bay and being at the beach. I looked at some nearby lawn sprinklers and dared him to run through them. And we did.
And we still would.
On childlike wonder and being old
December 13, 2009, 2:13 pmPOV, the ACLU and Christmas
December 13, 2009, 1:36 pm
POV
Down to reading the last hundred or less pages of Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor. I describe the book here.
Former governor Cayetano writes about the 2000 US Supreme Court decision on Rice v. Cayetano, which overturned Hawaii State legislation limiting Office of Hawaiian Affairs voting to Hawaiians, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "When the culture and way of life of a people are all but engulfed by a history beyond their control, their sense of loss may extend down through generations and their dismay may be shared by many members of the larger community. As the State of Hawaii attempts to address these realities, it must, as always, seek the political consensus that begins with a sense of shared purpose. One of the necessary beginning points is this principle: The Constitution of the United States, too, has become the heritage of all the citizens of Hawaii."
When personal interests are involved, it is easy to lose sight of the larger laws that govern us all.
ACLU and Christmas
On a similar note, I am among those who received that email blast telling me I should send the ACLU a Christmas card, as they are "taking the Christmas part out of the holiday...no such thing as a 'Holiday Tree", etc" Railing against the ACLU appears to be a knee jerk reaction - even occasionally by someone in my household - when they are defending the rights of a group they don't agree with. This may be a good time to remind everyone that the mission of the ACLU is to defend ALL of us when our rights under the Constitution of the United States are denied or threatened.
Happy Holidays to ALL!
Down to reading the last hundred or less pages of Ben: A Memoir, from Street Kid to Governor. I describe the book here.
Former governor Cayetano writes about the 2000 US Supreme Court decision on Rice v. Cayetano, which overturned Hawaii State legislation limiting Office of Hawaiian Affairs voting to Hawaiians, Justice Anthony Kennedy said, "When the culture and way of life of a people are all but engulfed by a history beyond their control, their sense of loss may extend down through generations and their dismay may be shared by many members of the larger community. As the State of Hawaii attempts to address these realities, it must, as always, seek the political consensus that begins with a sense of shared purpose. One of the necessary beginning points is this principle: The Constitution of the United States, too, has become the heritage of all the citizens of Hawaii."
When personal interests are involved, it is easy to lose sight of the larger laws that govern us all.
ACLU and Christmas
On a similar note, I am among those who received that email blast telling me I should send the ACLU a Christmas card, as they are "taking the Christmas part out of the holiday...no such thing as a 'Holiday Tree", etc" Railing against the ACLU appears to be a knee jerk reaction - even occasionally by someone in my household - when they are defending the rights of a group they don't agree with. This may be a good time to remind everyone that the mission of the ACLU is to defend ALL of us when our rights under the Constitution of the United States are denied or threatened.
Happy Holidays to ALL!
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