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loving the story caz! can't wait for the next chapter. those kits really do sound like siblings!

may happiness rule your day Gary!

i also wish this Spirit of goodwill could last all year long. it shouldn't be put away with the Christmas lights. everyone thinks to donate to the food pantry at Christmas, then come April, the shelves are bare. when i belonged to a church many years, the Outreach team wanted to go Christmas Caroling during the season, but was have a difficult time scheduling it. so many had the same idea. i looked at the team and said, "i have a suggestion; why not put it off til Easter and go Easter Caroling". dead silence. "it's never been done before" was the answer. "why not? let's ask the home's activities director". the women thought it was a great idea! no one ever thinks to do stuff except at Christmas time", so that next spring we went Easter Caroling and had the time of our lives. the smiles we got were sweet rewards.

hey @Reader1810 i like it.

ahhh... gulp... just wow

i haven't met a Christmas Song i didn't like, except White Christmas--hate that song. now i love the Little Drummer Boy with Bing Crosby/David Bowie, but this is a new favorite:

you should never tempt the universe like that, but mutter those words. what's the worst that could happen? a broken ankle to start

Its so easy to fall out of the holiday spirit when you’re missing someone. the lights look dimmer. the wind is just a bit colder and you feel like nothing will ever be the same. Nothing will BE the same. A piece of your heart is missing. Maybe it was opened up to make it bigger, to hold more love. Ask yourself, would they want you to hide from the world and cry? Or would they want you to remember how much they loved? @droughtquake said something so beautiful in the Lounge the other day. If you can't find the Spirit of the Season within yourself, reach out and do something for someone else. Spread the love you felt in the past, into the future. You might find a piece of the Spirit you lost. Love to you all ~moggy

I'm sorry, i didn't mean to make you cry. i write whatever the muses are saying

thanks! i guess i should embrace my wild child within

i loved that man's singing voice. i still watch the episode where he sings Impossible Dreams in the Gomer Pyle show. that whole episode was goose bumps worthy

i do wonder what awaits them out there....

well done Gary. a sweet story about growing and wearing your big boy pants

wow, nice one Jay! its all about the choices.

i did. just putting the idea into the universe and maybe your muse will hear... and then...

nice story, i really enjoyed it. was the ending i expected... but that's ok. it's the ending this book needed. maybe book 2 could be Reece finding his own HEA.

i like both, but the second one really connects. i hate silences, the whispers can not be drowned out in silences. i know that you are loved, admired and respected by more people than you know or hear.

thanks dughlas! i celebrate all the colors

it is!

thanks Lit! i like to think so. someone once told me it takes 10 "atta girls" to erase one "you suck". i think it might be true

than you Parker. or maybe the snow will and blanket me under it's life giving moisture, to keep my seed alive long enough to bloom when the warm returns.

thank you my sweet lion man! it is very welcomed balm for my soul

thanks Gary! you write powerful words, through stories and comments. they sooth a broken moggy. all hearts want to be love, it's the pesky brain that sometimes gets in the way

thanks caz! you tell me the nicest things, give me great reading times

A great man said: A single rose can be my garden... a single friend, my world. I’ve never been a rose in anyone’s garden. I am a lonely seed. Drop in by a stray breeze Hoping no one notices, So I can be a part of the beauty. All too soon, I’m spotted. You are not wanted. Ripped and tossed away.