Write about the word “break”.
Seems easy enough. I mean, one can break a leg (or some other body part), possibly break an object (just not in anger, please) or, in Judaism, break-fast with the meal eaten after fast days such as Yom Kippur and Tisha B’Av. Or, plain and simple, just take a break, in general. Kind of a pregnant-pause, so to speak, which should be then followed by something significant.
Well, that’s not so easy. All of my energies to write and bring forth something earth-shattering or even meaningful, a tad more than one week after Christmas, have long departed the ranch. And, it’s not just me, folks. So many people I’ve spoken with are slowly climbing out from under all the holiday madness that seemed to fly by at warp speed. It’s like the holidays came, went, conquered, and left millions of exhausted survivors to now start undoing every last festive touch that seemed to take us so much time to put in place.
I just feel the need in having to blame something and that lies on the calendar for 2019. We all know that Thanksgiving is celebrated on the 4th Thursday in November but, in 2019, with November 1st being on a Friday, that placed the traditional 4th Thursday of the month into the #5 Thursday slot in November. Got that?
Fair warning…this same date-situation will take place in 2024 when Thanksgiving will fall on November 28th. Again. Until that date, we’re good to go and should all be in fine shape to dive, head-first, into the holiday season.
You’re welcome and…Happy New Year!
From Mama Kat’s Writers Workshop…What were you blogging about a year ago? What has changed since then?
This post was from a tad more than one year ago; it was focused on the word “break” and I thought it worth sharing again because it kind of fit this current writing prompt. And it made me laugh, just for a moment, at the “What has changed” part of the prompt.
One year ago, when I wrote this, I ranted about a hectic holiday season. Poor me. One year ago, I don’t think many of us, if any, could have possibly imagined what a horrific year 2020 would turn out to be…and still is in this newborn year of 2021. So many lives, hopes, wishes and dreams were crushed in the past year but, if anything, most of us have managed to survive.
At least for now.
