To all my friends of the Jewish faith, Jac and I would like to wish yo a very Happy Hanukkah!…..much Love…………..Louis
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To all my friends of the Jewish faith, Jac and I would like to wish yo a very Happy Hanukkah!…..much Love…………..Louis
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Dear April….nicely said. Did you have lots of snow?
Just enough to make it pretty, but not enough to make either the skiers or my son from NYC happy. And then it rained, & now it’s all gone! Being on the lee shore of Lake Erie, we still get the occasional big snow that gets national attention, but it’s nothing like it was when I was a child growing up in the WNY countryside, when the snow banks were so high that we could build forts in them for snowball battles across the country lanes with the other kids in the neighborhood, and no one came in until our mittens and boots were so full of frozen snow, we could barely walk. Snow meant fun then, and lots of it. Now, my husband sees it start to come down, and wonders why we’re not in Mexico.
I totally understand your husband’s point of view. I really don’t mind the snow. What I hate is the ice. Once you have fallen and broken a bone due to ice, which I have….it becomes your enemy.
Yes, that ice is a curse. I spent many young years on the Ski Patrol at one of our local ski areas bringing people down the hill who had hit icy patches, & it takes very little to break something. I am currently recovering from a hip replacement that I mark down at least partially to way too much fun on those slopes in my youth, so I’m staying away from any sidewalks that look the least suspicious, but am determined to be back on my x-country if not my downhills again by next season. I’m pretty sure both my surgeon and my husband would kill me, otherwise. Happy New Year to you and Jac!
Well, I’m not Jewish, but my house was full of our Jewish friends on Christmas Eve/first night of Hanukkah, celebrating this mutual Season of Light together. It was our first Christmas back in our hometown of Buffalo in our new (vintage 1940)house, with friends and family we’ve been away from for over 20 yrs while my husband’s career took us up & down the east coast, & it was a real celebration of love and remembrance, with all the children who we’ve birthed & seen grown into wonderful, kind, and thoughtful adults with THEIR spouses, and lovers, and friends. While this has been a tumultuous and, in so many ways, unimaginably difficult year, the comfort and strength we derive from this source is what will see us through, and what gives us hope for our future. The Merriest of the Season to you and Jac, and may whatever faith we look to and family and friends we draw strength from give us the courage to face this new year with hope and energy. Peace.