Christmas. For me it is not Happy Holidays. It is Merry Christmas. If you are Jewish it is Happy Hanukkah, and I would expect you to honor your holiday as such...no problem here. but for me it is Christmas.
This Christmas for me is filled with a little dread. It seems that at some point, my 46 year old shoulder made a desision to shred. Rotator Cuff. Painful. I meet with the sawbones tomorrow to seal my fate. Surgery is perhaps looming and I do not look forward to it at all. The biggest reason? Selfish and obsessive as it may be...I cannot fish till Spring at the earliest. This is not good. Four plus months away from the rivers I love so much. This will be the longest gap in my angling life in longer than I care to remember. In the end it will be good, but getting to that point is gonna suck.
Christmas. The kids are giddy, the house smells of fresh baked goodies, the tree is up, gifts seem to appear out of nowhere. It is good. And so, with the fishing set aside for a while, I will surround myself with my family, have a cup of cheer, and look forward to the budding of the trees.
Merry Christmas. Or, if you are so inclined. Happy Hanukkah.
Here are some tunes selected for this amazing season.
A most Merry Christmas to you and yours, Marc!
ReplyDeleteMaybe, just maybe, it could just be a little arthritis and surgery won't be necessary. One can hope.
ReplyDeleteMerry Christmas and a Happy new Year from Northern California.
Mark
Sorry to hear aboutt the shoulder. Hope everything worked out at the MD. Remember, you can learn to cast with your other arm. I do it all the time.
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