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Eights
Fri Dec 05 2003

Today is the secular anniversary of my parents' birth. They were exactly eight years apart in age. My husband was eight years older than I, but we didn't have identical birthdays. There are eight years between the birth of my first child and my last child. My cousin, born to the aunt who raised me, is eight years younger than I am. I wonder what it means. If anything.

It seems that December has decided to be December after all. This morning it looked like it might turn out to be a pretty nice day, but soon the storm clouds rolled in. It's been cold and drippy all day. And will be for the weekend.

At least it isn't snow. Ok-ok, I know some people love the snow, and winter sports, and love to get all bundled up and get red noses and chilled fingers and toes. Not me.

Our hot summers are equally disagreeable to me. If I had my druthers, I'druther have Spring and Fall. Only. But then, maybe the new life, the rebirth of the earth wouldn't be so dramatic without the death of winter. OK, so that leaves summer. Let's just leave it. But then, on the other hand, the beauty of the fall glory would be diminished without the heat and almost violent green of everything in the summer. Did I just talk myself into four seasons?

Ah, well, Happy Holidays to everyone.

6 Comments
  • From:
    Thubten (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 05 2003
    OH, and Hanukkah goes for 8 days, doesn't it?
  • From:
    Yetzirah (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 05 2003
    Yeeesss, I think you just DID talk yourself into four seasons. :-)
    To everything....... there is a season!

    Write On!
    Y.
  • From:
    Monstergue (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 05 2003
    Interesting about the eights. With my parents and I it was double numbers. Both my parents were 33 when I was born. Dad was 55 when he died, I was 22. Mom was 66 when she passed, I was 33 and they died 11 years apart. I, too, have wondered about the significance of numbers........
  • From:
    Ozone (Legacy)
    On:
    Fri Dec 05 2003
    I think that you are stuck with four seasons...in this lifetime anyway. I have not seen the sun for a week....I am beginning to wonder if it went AWOL. It is warm though so it must be having some influence somewhere. I also saw it snowing on the East Coast. Hope your weekend is a happy one.
  • From:
    Sezrah (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Dec 06 2003
    i wonder whether spring and summer would get boring if thats all there was

    sez
  • From:
    TraumaMama (Legacy)
    On:
    Sat Dec 06 2003
    Yes, I think you did talk yourself into the four seasons. Each has it's own quality.
    I have always found numbers to be interesting too.