Christmas Eve in Australia. Houses lit up by millions of lights. (Believe it or not: There really is a house somewhere behind the lights below!) Gammon and turkey and sumptious deserts. Kids struggling to contain themselves for all the excitement of the past weeks culminating this evening and Christmas day.
My thoughts go to my family, and other people who are strangers in a new country. Some less fortunate than me and being alone in a time everyone else is spending with family. And I wonder for how many people the lights and the glitz are only there to coat one day in a thin layer of happiness that will disappear as quick as Boxing Day specials.
Me? Pensive, but grateful.
My thoughts go to my family, and other people who are strangers in a new country. Some less fortunate than me and being alone in a time everyone else is spending with family. And I wonder for how many people the lights and the glitz are only there to coat one day in a thin layer of happiness that will disappear as quick as Boxing Day specials.
Me? Pensive, but grateful.
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