Day 21: Music, Friendship, & Hugs, oh my.
Christmas Eve, for the most part, was spent at home enjoying solitude, Christmas music, and baking cookies. We did, however, have to venture out into the world to get milk for our Christmas morning coffee. There was simply no way around it. We need coffee in the morning, and we were out of milk.
We set out for our corner Harris Teeter (a mile away), which of course was packed - seeing as it was Christmas Eve and everyone was getting their last minute items before the store closed for the Holiday. As we were checking out, a very familiar woman walked up to me and asked me how I was doing. For the LIFE of me I couldn't place her, but rather than ask 'how do I know you?' I just casually and cooly played along, answering her question - letting her know my status. At the end of our conversation we hugged, as if old friends. It wasn't until I got out to the car that I realized she was the pathologist who did my biopsy & the person who had to tell me I had breast cancer! I'd not seen her since that visit back in June (when I had hair). So I was terribly impressed that she recognized and remembered me.
That same visit to the grocery store, we also ran into our friend Mark who is the musical director at our church - more hugs ensued.
Of course, a few hours later we ventured out to the Christmas Eve service at our Unitarian Universalist Church (where we saw Mark again). We got to sing (a lot) and got many hugs from friends (& even got some hugs from people I've never met, but who know me through my Carepages/blog). I just love that connectedness that is always there even with people we don't know, or don't know very well.
We came home from that service feeling both rejuvenated and tired. We popped in It's a Wonderful Life, made some decaf coffee, wrapped some presents, and settled in for the rest of the evening.
Christmas Eve, for the most part, was spent at home enjoying solitude, Christmas music, and baking cookies. We did, however, have to venture out into the world to get milk for our Christmas morning coffee. There was simply no way around it. We need coffee in the morning, and we were out of milk.
We set out for our corner Harris Teeter (a mile away), which of course was packed - seeing as it was Christmas Eve and everyone was getting their last minute items before the store closed for the Holiday. As we were checking out, a very familiar woman walked up to me and asked me how I was doing. For the LIFE of me I couldn't place her, but rather than ask 'how do I know you?' I just casually and cooly played along, answering her question - letting her know my status. At the end of our conversation we hugged, as if old friends. It wasn't until I got out to the car that I realized she was the pathologist who did my biopsy & the person who had to tell me I had breast cancer! I'd not seen her since that visit back in June (when I had hair). So I was terribly impressed that she recognized and remembered me.
That same visit to the grocery store, we also ran into our friend Mark who is the musical director at our church - more hugs ensued.
Of course, a few hours later we ventured out to the Christmas Eve service at our Unitarian Universalist Church (where we saw Mark again). We got to sing (a lot) and got many hugs from friends (& even got some hugs from people I've never met, but who know me through my Carepages/blog). I just love that connectedness that is always there even with people we don't know, or don't know very well.
We came home from that service feeling both rejuvenated and tired. We popped in It's a Wonderful Life, made some decaf coffee, wrapped some presents, and settled in for the rest of the evening.
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