[Magdalen] Christmas Trees

[Marion Thompson]

I can say with some passion that communication is essential.  We were 
incapable of it for our various reasons.  I wish you much much better.  
What's the worst that can happen?  We fear to find out, don't we?

Marion, a pilgrim


On 12/24/2016 7:28 PM, Jay Weigel wrote:
> Communication is everything, Scott. If you don't communicate, what the heck
> kind of a relationship is it, hmmm? Something to work on in the new year,
> perhaps.
>
> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 6:25 PM, Scott Knitter <scottknitter at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sounds like a great solution. We need to do more of that. Instead, we
>> leave each other to try to mind-read, which rarely ends up well.
>>
>> My dear partner is still springing things on me because he thinks I'll
>> say no, or something. I love his dad, and his dad is welcome in our
>> home, but I just have this foolish quirk that I need and want to know
>> when people are coming. My therapist says I have the right to opt out
>> when surprises happen. Some time, I'll do that. Maybe NYE, but better
>> to ask him about that and whether he's got something cooking. Last
>> year there was a surprise guest, and being a good host with no notice
>> took a lot out of me. I had a horrible New Year's Day of bleak
>> emotions.
>>
>> It's heck feeling like I've got a bizarre personality and need to keep
>> fighting it. I think that's why "Aw, come on, it's Christmas!" hits a
>> nerve. Knowing that might help me just smile and chuckle instead of
>> having a blood-pressure rush. Thing is, I think I seem fairly pleasant
>> when it counts. Be great if I could feel pleasant as well as seem so.
>> Sometimes it happens, and I'm ready for that to happen tonight and
>> tomorrow. With God's help! Hodie Christus natus est, alleluia!
>>
>> On Sat, Dec 24, 2016 at 4:29 PM, James Oppenheimer-Crawford
>> <oppenheimerjw at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> We discuss what we are going to do, and that usually does it.
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Scott R. Knitter
>> Edgewater, Chicago, Illinois USA
>>