The Cycle of Life

# Chapter 149

Yesterday was our Christmas Day as a family. It was lovely and awesome and I am so privilege to get to be a part of such a group of people. The table was full of children and grandchildren and their families. It was filled with food and laughter. It was filled with contentment and joy. Even on the saddest of days, when they are burying a great man and friend of ours on the other side of the ocean, we all strove to find joy in one another on this day. And we mostly succeeded. There were sad moments, but mostly it was a joyful and happy occasion.

It has been far too long since we were able to have such a Christmas together, with our parents passing away one after another and my brother, and now Mirche, this kinda wrecked Christmas for the last five to seven years. But more tragedies will come, it is the cycle of life, but we can choose to have joyful events as well and we did that well yesterday. Even the gift-giving was sedate and reasonable and responsible. I am no longer a fan of massive gift giving as we did in the past. And it was reasonable back then because we only saw the kids a few weeks a year when they were in boarding school, but now we get to see them every day. Reasonable is different now.

We are so blessed, and I am so thankful.