Make Just One Someone Happy / And You Will Be Happy, Too.
Kaeli's Apartment
Mid-day, Friday, 25 December
I spent the rest of Christmas Eve preparing a gift for Kaeli. It took me quite some amount of thought to figure out what to craft and nearly as long to actually craft it. I finished it well after the sun set but in plenty of time to have enough sleep. Jewelry crafting has never been my strongest skill but I feel the piece, while simple, came out quite nicely.
I put on some of my nicest clothing-- dress pants, a suit jacket, and a white dress shirt-- but do not put on a tie. With my bulk, I usually look too stuffy in such things if I add a tie. I haven't worn one in ages and doubt that I even have one any longer. It is not often that I dress like this, anyway.
As I walk along Main Street, I wish those I pass a Merry Christmas. There is a general air of happiness and warmth even with the weather the way it is. That has oft been the case with Christmas. Generally, it brings people closer together. It reminds us all what it is to be happy around others. Granted, that would not be so for those in poor family situations-- and it is not money of which I refer.
I climb the stairs to the outside door of the apartment above the schoolhouse. Pausing for a moment, I take a deep breath. The peculiarity of this does not escape me. One might think that after all of my years of life I would have grown out of the nerves. Someone else could perhaps. I have not.
My knuckles rap against the door.
[OPEN to Kaeli]
Mid-day, Friday, 25 December
I spent the rest of Christmas Eve preparing a gift for Kaeli. It took me quite some amount of thought to figure out what to craft and nearly as long to actually craft it. I finished it well after the sun set but in plenty of time to have enough sleep. Jewelry crafting has never been my strongest skill but I feel the piece, while simple, came out quite nicely.
I put on some of my nicest clothing-- dress pants, a suit jacket, and a white dress shirt-- but do not put on a tie. With my bulk, I usually look too stuffy in such things if I add a tie. I haven't worn one in ages and doubt that I even have one any longer. It is not often that I dress like this, anyway.
As I walk along Main Street, I wish those I pass a Merry Christmas. There is a general air of happiness and warmth even with the weather the way it is. That has oft been the case with Christmas. Generally, it brings people closer together. It reminds us all what it is to be happy around others. Granted, that would not be so for those in poor family situations-- and it is not money of which I refer.
I climb the stairs to the outside door of the apartment above the schoolhouse. Pausing for a moment, I take a deep breath. The peculiarity of this does not escape me. One might think that after all of my years of life I would have grown out of the nerves. Someone else could perhaps. I have not.
My knuckles rap against the door.
[OPEN to Kaeli]