Christmas Lights

Took my mom out looking at the lights tonight..we had more than last year, but still not a lot...
One of my favorites didn't come out well in the picture I took...

It had lots of green lights around the house and red lights on this huge Pine....I'm wondering how they got up so high in the tree...
There were several houses that were so-so...just not enough lights or they weren't arranged attractively...this one I took through the windshield...learned not to do that...

oh, well...the trees were pretty with lights...as I said several were just too dark to show up well  in photos...

but a few were very nice and my camera did fairly well at capturing the mood...

And the best one..at least the best one my camera took a pic of...

Someday maybe I'll have a place all lit up with lights during the holidays... I love the look and it makes it more festive...it did help get me in the mood more than I was...I can see why this season can be one of the saddest one for people...if you are alone...loved ones far away...it is rough...and if you don't have the money to spend...so many factors can make for some very unhappy times...trying to be happy myself...find the joy in life...the good in people...find hope and belief...love...but some days it is very hard...

I came across a quote today:

And then I felt sad because I realized that once people are broken in certain ways, they can’t ever be fixed, and this is something nobody ever tells you when you are young and it never fails to surprise you as you grow older as you see the people in your life break one by one. You wonder when your turn is going to be, or if it’s already happened."

--Douglas Coupland

and I wondered...am I broke and can't be fixed? I know I've tried to help others heal...from broken hearts...broken lives...but in the end...maybe it wasn't them...maybe I'm the one that is broken and can't be helped...A little crazy...more than a little...keeping on...holding on to things...people...that I should have let go a long time ago...
Christams lights can be fixed or replaced if they are broken...but what about people...hearts? is there hope for these...