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Holidays, Nostalgia, and Grief

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. There’s something about holidays that calls to nostalgia. And among holidays, for me, Christmas is the one that stirs up memories like more or less nothing else. And then those memories set off other memories and… well, I cry a lot around the end of the year. Nostalgia, my quick Google search tells me, is widely considered to be a good… Read More »Holidays, Nostalgia, and Grief

Trunk Day

2026 NOTE: My diagnostic situation has changed since I wrote this. See this post and the series of posts starting here for more information. The year we first moved out of our parents’ homes and into our first place together, we bought all kinds of new Christmas decorations. And we kept them conveniently stored in the trunk of our car. We kept them there until the joyous day we had decreed that we would take them into the house and decorate. The day we called…… Read More »Trunk Day