Monday, December 25, 2023

Merry Christmas!

Peace On Earth and Goodwill To All
Earthrise (NASW Photo) Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO).

It this time of year that we reflect on all that has happened this past year and to give thanks. However, for many it is not a time to rejoice, it is a time of loneliness, their families may have moved and left them behind, their family or spouse might have pasted away leaving them without any close relatives or their children might be at their in-laws for this holiday, for whatever the reason, it is a lonely time.
But for many in the LGBT community it is an especially lonely time,
they might not have seen their family since they came out to them. Their families and children have disowned them. Sometimes when we do attend the gathering, we feel like outcasts, like the square peg in the round hole, we just don’t fit in, we are tolerated when we bring our partners or ourselves to the table.

So let us open our hearts and doors to them and think of them this holiday season, give them a call, have a Zoom get-together or drop them a Christmas card, let them know that they are remembered.

For me I was with my brother and sister-in-laws last night at my nephew's house where we had a Christmas Eve dinner and today I am going up to Haverhill to be with some friends.

I leave you with this Christmas song by Nat King Cole - Chestnuts roasting on an open fire.


An American traditional songs...







And a cute little video...

1 comment:

  1. Merry Christmas! Have fun with your friends. Glad you got some family time too.

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