December 10, 2002
MY ANGEL

Still home sick. Propped up on the couch next to the Christmas tree, I watch my soaps.

This is my oldest ornament‹my 1976 Christmas Angel. I bought it at Wal-Marts in Arkansas when I was pregnant with Sherah and temporarily living with my second ex-. Through thick and thin, it has stayed with me. The Ghosts of Christmas Past haunt me today. Or maybe it's just a side effect of the cold medicine.