Twas the best of times, tis was the...you get the picture

Good things happen bad things happen

People get sick, some are born, others die

This is basically what the past two days look like, bitter sweet does not even come close to a description.

The mother of one of Spawn's friends passed away on Christmas Eve. She had been sick for a long time and separated from the daughter's father...one of the most heartbreaking moments this year came when she (the friend) said while she was hanging around the Spousal, Spawn and I..."so this is what being part of a family is like". Her parent's are separated and her mother was in and out of the hospital all the time, hard for a 10 year old to take and I could see from her reaction to her mother's death that she put up her own defenses. I worry but I have no idea what I could possibly do.

Also on Christmas Eve a new baby was born, one close by and who I think I will be around a lot. Beautiful little baby girl and for her safe arrival I am very happy.

It is a very difficult thing when someone very close to you gets sick and you can do nothing about it, its even worse when you can't see them or call to find out if everything is all right, you just have to sit back and wait for any bit of information you can get.

As such, you will excuse me if my mood is swinging faster than, well pretty damned fast let me tell you. The average swing lasts only a few minutes but its making life very interesting. Of course because this is the season to be jolly I'm around an awful lot of family and as such my game face is on. Gotta love my game face

Come on 2009 can't wait to see the back of you