so valentine’s day is my unofficial deadline

for getting my Christmas cards written, stamped and in the box to go out

and this year i missed it again.

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a large yearly family thanksgiving,

my son’s early december birthday,

advent,

Christmas itself,

1st of the new year,

mum’s birthday,

d’s birthday

i’m always so busy keeping up this time of the year

that i don’t

the cards arrive on time

but that’s just about the time that all my time to do them runs out.

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there have been other years

when i’ve moved my deadline to easter

this,

it appears,

will be one of those years

still,

so as not to leave me hanging here in ‘late-again-land’  all alone

my  faithful Christmas cactus

(the one that hung in my bedroom window as a child)

that drapes itself happily over my kitchen sink now, year round

has only just bloomed it’s first bloom of the season

perhaps if i make it a priority i can get the cards out before it’s last bloom this year.

perhaps.

there is, of course, always easter.

‘honest’ taken from 24:26 of proverbs.