Tuesday, November 22, 2011

Home Boy!

Give him a kiss.....go on...
Not sure today why I was in such a melancholy mood.  Maybe the fatigue from a week of the worst flu ever just caught up to me. Or the grey, wet November day, not fitting into my jeans...a slew of thing perhaps.

Anyway, I was watching X-Factor ....usually a whole lot of cheese with a bit of drama mixed in......(lots of drama last week).  I watch because I love raw talent and actually usually prefer it before they start to get X-factored...raw and original. Tonight for Thanksgiving each song was dedicated to someone in each contestants life...beginning with a short video about that dedication.  From the young Rachel who was born to a crack user, abused and lived in a crack house as an infant, later to be adopted into a loving family, to the stories of Melanie, Marcus, Leroy and their struggles, to my favourite Chris...a 7 month clean drug addict...the stories were real and compelling.  I love teens and young adults and there is a fine group on this show this year.  Anyway, they were all so genuine...I found myself weeping like a fool....I really don't cry easily at TV and movies, but it really moved me.

When I was reading blogs tonight, I decided to go back one year, and there on November 22, 2010 was my post about losing my Gracie Dog, exactly one year ago.  So I had another cry about that.

And then....I checked my email and my sister had sent photos of her favourite pig.  He made a kiss, then he laughed.  It was just what I needed.

Photos by Belinda Wagg

7 comments:

  1. It took a pig to cheer you up, did it? So sorry you have been under the weather. November can be a gloomy month. I hope you get your energy back soon - keep your thoughts on the pig!

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  2. Thinking of you this evening, wishing you better health - physical and emotional!

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  3. That is one big boy! Yowza.

    Your heart knew why it was sad, you just needed to be reminded. <3
    xx
    z

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  4. I guess your Sister really knows you. That's a good thing! I hope that you feel better soon.
    Mark

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  5. Sounds like you're through the worst of it all - physically and emotionally. Enjoy the climb back up to joy!

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  6. Glad to hear you are feeling better...you've been missed.
    Love that pig...wish my sister would get one! LOL!

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  7. Oh, my.......I love that pig.

    Might I get a kiss too?

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