Christmas Custom
Deep into the holiday season. Dog walk at 9 AM and here comes Santa Claus on the firetruck . One of his elves tossed Rikki a bone. Good start to the day. Then on the road and a leisurely breakfast at Two Birds Cafe where we had a scone for dessert (can you have dessert after breakfast). Beautiful December weather, clear, sunny, crisp but not freezing and I am glad we waited until today to visit the cemetery . We always fuss over who gets what wreath and the condition of the gravestones and how it’s weird that both our families ended up in the same cemetery neighborhood without trying. It is our tradition. One of our Christmas customs. This is the 20th year we’ve been doing it together. I mention that we are growing old together too, as I lean on the car and supervise Caesar Caramanico pushing the wreaths into the ground. And I am grateful. For having lived and loved and been present for all of it.