tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post8404801364669042771..comments2023-11-03T07:59:43.899-07:00Comments on The Great Big IF...: 2008: The REAL Christmas LetterShelbyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06085283320884411888noreply@blogger.comBlogger18125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-26247170559497516302009-03-25T23:44:00.000-07:002009-03-25T23:44:00.000-07:00This was a really brutal but beautiful post, strai...This was a really brutal but beautiful post, straight from the heart. I hear you on so many levels! I love the car. And seriously, I dont have green scaly skin either :)<BR/><BR/>I really dig the way you write. Hope 2009 isnt an "epic fail" for all of us. <BR/><BR/>SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-81586579803939713842009-01-05T12:28:00.000-08:002009-01-05T12:28:00.000-08:00I'm so glad you wrote this. I don't know why, but...I'm so glad you wrote this. I don't know why, but it always makes me feel better to hear somebody else tell it like it really is! <BR/><BR/>And - this is what gets me - how does nobody notice us? You've been married eight years, and nobody ever asks you if you're all right? Or keeps their mindless bragging about their families to themselves? <BR/><BR/>Sometimes I think the infertile are actually INVISIBLE.the misfithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206278843624907697noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-80099055655454883432009-01-02T09:41:00.000-08:002009-01-02T09:41:00.000-08:00This SO resonated with me! I just skim those x-mas...This SO resonated with me! I just skim those x-mas letters wondering, so, what's the REAL story here? My MIL took to sending them out...and had to ask my hubby what the name of my agency and my job title was for her holiday letter. So, let's see, years have gone by and the only time she needs this info is to send out in a "brag letter" to her friends and family. SO FAKE!<BR/><BR/>{sigh} Maybe I am just a bit bitter. I am just as guilty of sending out *blissfully happy* New Year emails and Facebook postings (when all is surely not rosey on this side) but I would love most of my world to think it is!Lisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17462141149078143157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-88484344301759345232008-12-29T08:32:00.000-08:002008-12-29T08:32:00.000-08:00This is an awesome Christmas letter. I'm praying f...This is an awesome Christmas letter. I'm praying for 2009 for you. I'm hoping that it will be better and all your expertise will finally not be needed anymore ;o) <BR/>~~HUGS~~I Believe in Miracleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07062124038472752680noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-82073478798900220882008-12-26T10:37:00.000-08:002008-12-26T10:37:00.000-08:00I meant to tell you how much I love this post! go...I meant to tell you how much I love this post! good riddance 2008!lunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15455301696832647867noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-50822831332619107822008-12-24T01:42:00.000-08:002008-12-24T01:42:00.000-08:00Here's to 2009... Thanks for sharing your letter. ...Here's to 2009... Thanks for sharing your letter. The back story to your 30th was heartbreaking. I just celebrated my 30th, and as much as I really didn't want to have, I needed that party. I really hope you have a great party, hell lots of them, for all the right reasons soon.Smilinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13251527394755383001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-54965370319223069322008-12-23T20:23:00.000-08:002008-12-23T20:23:00.000-08:00(*HUGS*)I don't think anyone would want to hear my...(*HUGS*)<BR/><BR/>I don't think anyone would want to hear my real letter either. I'm more of a "sign my name on the card with no additional sentiments" anyway, lol.<BR/><BR/>I hope the new year brings all of us something better.<BR/><BR/>Hope your gradutaion IUI has good results.AnotherDreamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11487881766884178761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-80442601249969662062008-12-23T19:22:00.000-08:002008-12-23T19:22:00.000-08:00What a great Real Christmas letter although I wish...What a great Real Christmas letter although I wish it had been a better year for you. I hope 2009 is full of many more highs and no lows.Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06863024013721266313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-81142614990488705912008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:002008-12-23T11:36:00.000-08:00Shelby, I have been meaning to tell you ever since...Shelby, I have been meaning to tell you ever since our class started how much I dig your Beamer! Hella cool!banditgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350894985718085970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-77838287843229341922008-12-23T09:04:00.000-08:002008-12-23T09:04:00.000-08:00I love you, Shelby!! Thank you so much for sharin...I love you, Shelby!! Thank you so much for sharing this. I was looking back at the last Christmas letter we sent in 2005 and it made me sad to see how so much has changed since then. We can never go back to that happy-go-lucky time. I truly hope 2009 is so much better for us all. Many hugs.Lost in Spacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07027117135940864685noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-1191567516001971672008-12-22T20:22:00.000-08:002008-12-22T20:22:00.000-08:00You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!I love...You took the words right out of my mouth!!!!<BR/><BR/>I love your convertible! I tried to convince R that I needed one of those this summer...but instead, I just drive my empty SUV.<BR/><BR/>Here's to a MUCH BETTER 2009 for all of us.<BR/><BR/>Love you, sweetie!!Tarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14683127027917195775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-22700339662588645422008-12-22T16:47:00.000-08:002008-12-22T16:47:00.000-08:00Such a heart wrenching post... I ache not only th...Such a heart wrenching post... I ache not only that you are experiencing this but that I too, feel the same way (as well as thousands of other women!) <BR/><BR/>Perhaps I'm thankful that my mom seems to be the only one who sends these out... May 2009 bless you with ALL the desires of your heart!The Swann'shttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03897080926759273403noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-71152357523803058892008-12-22T12:35:00.000-08:002008-12-22T12:35:00.000-08:00Shel, this was so moving and powerful! It gave me ...Shel, this was so moving and powerful! It gave me some relief too! Thanks for vicariously experiencing a catharsis through reading this very honest and real letter. Among other things, you alluded to something really important (and tremendously annoying): the senders of these annoying family letters create such an idealized, glorified, mythologized version of their family that it blows my mind sometimes! Like this friend who made her husband leave her job and move far away where he works from home and commutes and is depressed because he misses his friends so much and she's in a tiny little town with a new job, trying to write a book and articles while her kids are scared to go to school because they might be marginalized. But the entire letter is a national anthem to her family's glorious happiness. WTF!<BR/>I will be here, wherever the journey takes you, with flaming monkeys and cheerful M-Sista hollah-s! I am keeping my fingers crossed and lighting a candle for you today.banditgirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14350894985718085970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-72617847123639472992008-12-22T08:14:00.000-08:002008-12-22T08:14:00.000-08:00I'm toasting you with a virtual Yard long Margarit...I'm toasting you with a virtual Yard long Margarita, Shelby. Here's to 2009 for you and the Mister. Totally nice ride, umm, can I take it for a spin??? Pretty please?<BR/><BR/>Re.Xmas letters, there is a special place in Purgatory for people who write such drivel.Martha@A Sense of Humor is Essentialhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07129428477996644401noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-74882486709317941912008-12-22T06:56:00.000-08:002008-12-22T06:56:00.000-08:00I like your real Christmas letter. I too was lucky...I like your real Christmas letter. I too was lucky not to receive any of those xmas news letters...so far. I hope you have a Merry Christmas and I hope you have a much better 2009!Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03661220372372737455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-79931135406863067412008-12-22T03:28:00.000-08:002008-12-22T03:28:00.000-08:00Awww. I love your REAL Christmas letter. You've su...Awww. I love your REAL Christmas letter. You've summed it up so nicely, and even squeaked out some hope for next year....I'm hoping next year brings you more fortune than you can even imagine.<BR/><BR/>(I love someecards!)'Murgdan'https://www.blogger.com/profile/00740095971968567222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-56279026516586631182008-12-21T22:29:00.000-08:002008-12-21T22:29:00.000-08:00Luckily, the only Christmas letter we ever get is ...Luckily, the only Christmas letter we ever get is from one of my husband's childhood friends, and we look forward to it with gleeful and probably just horridly condescending anticipation: it is hilarious. The wife writes it, and it is just dripping with the tone of a gloating Christmas letter - but all the things she writes about are WEIRD, like how she had to sew three versions of their mauve drapes before she got them just right, or that their son had to give up basketball because his grades were slipping - but it was worth it because he finally passed algebra! The crazy thing is, they are not at all being sarcastic - this is really their way of keeping in touch. <BR/><BR/>In fact... we haven't seen their letter yet this year. Hmmm... if they give it up, it will truly be a missed tradition!<BR/><BR/>As for you, my dear, the new year is the year for you - I hope you'll have to trade that two-door in by summer at the latest. Car prices should be pretty good for a while...Lorrainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04180034761243431694noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7557679011566521438.post-10368319322354526012008-12-21T21:47:00.000-08:002008-12-21T21:47:00.000-08:00"Despite everything, I am more than ready to move ..."Despite everything, I am more than ready to move on to a New Year and hope the next one will bring us all better fortune."<BR/><BR/>Amen to that, sister. May 2009 be better for all of us. May 2009 be the year when we send out the sickeningly sugary sweeeet Christmas letters with pictures of drooly faces of our new born babies plastered on them!Nikkihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15469466620967385694noreply@blogger.com