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2023 (33)
趕在聖誕之夜，將最近用手機拍的照片貼於此，留個紀念。這聖誕燈，老美年年掛，尤其是海景房的富人區，火樹銀花，流光溢彩。
女兒今年回家過聖誕了。我們又去mall和海邊走了走。就像聖誕歌聽多了，總有一種疲倦感。每年的聖誕燈飾也大同小異，不同的是心境。所謂歲歲年年景相似，年年歲歲人不同。
有女兒陪伴的日子總是開心的， 而今又是短暫的。
且行且珍惜吧！
祝大家聖誕快樂!
It was 8:30ish in the morning, the day before Christmas. Still in bed curling up inside the warm quilt, I felt a bit sore from yesterday’s tiredness. A friend of my husband’s and his family came to visit around the area, and were invited for the dinner. I worked late into night to clean up the kitchen after they were gone.
Seriously, the company does not have the day before Christmas off? I apolitically told my daughter that the family could not go out today as planned since Dad had to work. She agreeably nodded, saying that she may have to work from home too, as a late last night email from the boss and the team indicated. Oh, well, I guess ……
When I was downstairs preparing for the breakfast, it was cloudy and cold. A familiar rumbling sound from two blocks away came dimly. It dawned on me that it was Monday, the day our garbage is collected. I hurriedly rolled out the garbage bin, a move I normally did the night before.
It’s Christmas Eve Day. While most companies have the day off, not every company or every working people has that luxury. Think of the stores that are open, think of those who still work today, like the garbage collector, think of the open stock market (though it crashed again). Compared with them, I am lucky.
The daughter is back home for Christmas after a yearlong absence, or to be more exact, a year and five months from the time she left for Seattle last August. Her presence means more than filling the void, but brings along with fresh air, the long-missed laughter and merriment. For two consecutive nights, we drove her to the big mall and the beachfront houses, to immerse ourselves in the festive Christmas lights lit luxuriously, a tradition they have been observing every year.
There is only a week left for 2018. Are we ready for 2019 yet?
現在孩子回家和做客差不多，當媽媽的也是忙並幸福著。
聖誕快樂！
有女兒陪著真好！祝暖兒和先生女兒聖誕快樂！新年萬事如意！
和女兒的相聚雖然短暫，但愛心永恒。
人生何處沒有分離，相聚更甜蜜。。
聖誕節快樂！新年快樂！
聖誕快樂，新年如意！
團圓就是好！！