It was great to see Joy’s kids and Clayton up in d’burgh.  Enjoying great food, a gift exchange, and our two dogs playing with each other non-stop.  Hope you got to spend Christmas with the ones you love.

Mom seemed thrilled with her new iPad.  Dad got a new TV for his man-cave.  But, like them, I think we were all most grateful just for the time together to share love, food, and a lot of laughing.

Yes, I am quite sentimental about Christmas.  Countless memories roll together to buoy my expectations each year.  So many of my family and friends have stuffed me so full of love I just can’t can’t help myself.  So, of course, when Christmas comes I’m bound to be disappointed right?  No.  Once again we gathered together.  Ruth was nice enough to stop over from Tanzania and Alex from California, but Will?  Well, Will wasn’t willing to fly in from Nevada and risk losing his job, so we had to do without him.  At least we saw him at Thanksgiving.

Can’t wait until we can all be together again for a holiday.  Now, it’s time for us old farts to fold a little love into the next generation’s Christmas expectations and I want to be part of laying it on thick with all of them. Joy and I hope you each had the joy and love you deserve over the holidays. If not, why not figure out how you can make that vision come true for someone next year – it can’t help but bless you at the same time.