It’s 4:30 in the morning, the day after Christmas.
Happy Boxing Day, to my lovely Canadian friends.
I have been in this tiny little guard shack since 6 pm last night. I have an hour and a half until I go home.
It is 25 degrees (-3 in Celsius, again for the beloved Canadians), and the moon is full. I am sleepy.
As far as Christmases go, mine was pretty good.
My mom bought a present for my cat, which I thought was sweet.
My girlfriend bought me a rug, which really does tie the room together.
There was a nap earlier.
All pretty nice.
Simple, quiet, nice.
Here at work, I have been watching old Christmas specials from the 1970s.
The Carpenters one was surprisingly dull.
The Dean Martin one was fun.
My favorite was the Muppet Family Christmas.
But I have Dolly Parton’s on standby for tomorrow night.
I can’t get past the disconnect of celebrating a long-ago event that happened in military-occupied Bethlehem and featuring refugee parents, while Bethlehem is right now under military occupation and the IDF today raided refugee camps there.
Christmas is the day of “Peace on Earth, Goodwill toward Men”
But yet
Where and when will this Peace on Earth arrive?
Why do we keep pleading our prayers of peace to the God of war?
There is a train passing by.
The puddle outside my guard shack window is frozen.
The days have already slowly started getting longer.
Soon the sun will rise
And normal life will begin.
And we live and die
And love who we love.
And maybe none of us ever come up with the answers.
But the questions persist.
And so does the hope.
May we create peace where there is none.
May we shine our light into dark places.
Merry Whatever, my dear friends.
I hope you find rest today.
5:01 a.m. - 2023-12-26
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