Thread:Neo34/@comment-29694704-20161230055148/@comment-29694704-20170102125555

Hey You! Pleased to hear that Christmas day was full of joy and harmony and not spilled dishes and disagreements. This may surprise you, but as a kid we did not celebrate Holiday's or Birthday's. My parents, especially my mother, was part of the Jehovah Witness's (seriously messed up religion in my opinion) and it just plain sucked being a kid. One year, guessing around 4th grade (been so long ago that the actually time escapes me but the memory is still fresh) the music teacher decided to put on a Christmas show. What a freak of a dilemma that was. I had to participate for the class grade but it was against the church to sing. So, me being, what 7/8 years old was told to mouth the words but don't speak them. How freaking crazy was that? I hated it. When I moved away from home and got my own apartment, at 18, that first Christmas I got a tree Neo. My very first Christmas Tree with all the trimmings. I didn't have any presents under it, but I didn't care. It was all mine. In the 30 years since I've put up a tree, until this year. While there wasn't "my tree" this year, the memories of past tree's are inside of me. I think that is what is more important. The memories that come from living life. So, while my game is gathering dust and I miss it terribly, I can remember it and how I felt playing it. Yea, keep that little bit of data safe, for I will come back for it. Thank You for your friendship Neo and positive thoughts and wishes for this coming year. Oh, one more thing. My novel is coming along quite nicely. Whenever the characters stop talking in my head or something they are saying doesn't make sense I turn to my muse and he really helps. Have a terrific day! Marie. :)