NORTH PIDDLE, WORCESTERSHIRE —Admitting
they were sorting through their heartbreak weeks after the tragedy, members of
Sarson family struggled to get through their first Christmas since their
father returned, sources confirmed Tuesday.
“Honestly, we’ve tried to
just soldier through and enjoy what we can of baking cookies and putting on
some Christmas music, but it’s hard to ignore how hollow all that is when we
know that Howard is really here again,” said a tearful Claire Sarson, 36,
stressing that her husband’s presence was especially painful around this time
of year, when there were so many festive symbols of the many happy memories the
family had shared before his sudden and devastating reappearance.
“God, last year’s
Christmas was so relaxed and carefree. We took it for granted that those times
without him would last forever. But now everywhere I look—from the shouting in
the TV room to the six-pack in the fridge—I see reminders looming in the
background. Frankly, I don’t know if we’ll ever put the pieces back together
again.”
At press time, Sarson added that she was sure the family would get used to her husband being there eventually, but that their life would never quite feel the same.
Yes, all of us, let's not forget the Sarson family this Christmas, when we're all having fun!
09:00 And it's going to be another busy day for Lois and me today. We are both 77, and we've been retired for nearly 18 years - and yet, we seem to be busier than ever, which is weird.
We used to smile to ourselves when my dear late mother was still around, and we were her principal carers, whenever she said she had had a busy day. We used to think it was just that she took longer to do everything than she used to, and that she needed to take a rest between each so-called "job".
Now, 20 years later, we realise that my mother was right all along, and old people ARE genuinely "busier than ever". Time. with the passing years, has brought us greater depths of wisdom, that's for sure!
We're not the only busy old codgers, either. It's pretty general, when you get to our age - did you see the report in The Onion recently, based on a study published in the local Bell End Village's Parish Newsletter?
BELL END, WORCESTERSHIRE —A recent survey
published in Bell End Parish Magazine indicates that 95 percent of the village's retired dads are in fact "busier than ever," despite the absence of
meaningful, full-time employment.
"I tell you, I've been spending so much time getting f***ing plugs for the house's unused electrical outlets that I hardly even have time to make lists of other things to do," said former heart surgeon Gerald Jessop, 65, who admitted that he would like to be able to relax and enjoy his retirement, but with all the pictures to rearrange in his house it is nearly impossible.
"And don't get me started on my how many hours I have to spend cleaning the mildew out of the bird feeder. My god, that's a full-time job in, and of, itself."
According to the survey, the five percent of the village's retired fathers who do not consider themselves busier than ever reportedly do not have hedges, drawers full of loose batteries, ants getting in through the foundation, or a basement that can be partially converted into some kind of room.
And I guess that Gerald's problem must be the explanation for mine and Lois's problem this morning. Why else would we find that we are both out of breath when we finally sit down in our dentist's waiting-room at 10 o'clock for our 6-monthly check-ups?
Exactly why has it been such a rush this morning? And why do we only always get there just in the nick of time?
Well, looking back, first we had to take a shower - we made quite a mess in it, and unfortunately, according to our "rota", it was my turn to clean up afterwards - damn!
Then we had to dress and have breakfast etc, and then I had to walk round the estate to pick up our car from its temporary parking spot, and then I had to de-ice the car windows, which were all frosted up - not a lot, is it, but after that I suddenly looked at my watch, and saw to my horror that it was already 9:45 am and we would have to drive over to the dentists at once, so the two of us literally tumbled into the car and drove like crazy people into Barnard's Green.
It's been all rush rush rush this morning, and it's been just total madness, there's no other word for it !!!!
Fortunately, James, our dentist, couldn't find any real problems with our teeth, so we're both okay for the next 6 months. However he did tell me not to brush my teeth too vigorously, which sounds like a warning that they're already half falling out - call me suspicious if you like haha, but that recurring dream I get could be a genuine premonition, I've just realised!
Also, I sense an unspoken war here between James and his hygienist Traci - perhaps a struggle for power inside the practice? James says to not brush too vigorously or your teeth will fall out, while Traci told me a month ago, to "brush more vigorously if you want to get rid of all that plaque".
It's all a bit of a madness, isn't it, if we're honest !!!!
12:30 Our landscape gardeners, Adrian and his brother arrive with a couple of big bags of topsoil loam, to finish off our current project - yesterday they set us up with raised beds that we finally decided should be 30 inches high and not the 20 inches that they were planned to be in the original quote: hence the extra topsoil that will be required to finish off filling the raised beds and the flower beds etc.
After an hour they finish up here, and go off to start on somebody else's "dream", but for now, thanks for everything, guys!
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