Monthly Archives: December 2019

Dear Reader: Before Anne left for Florida with family for the holidays she had made a connection that she thought I would have fun with as a post introducing the new year. She was right…a great early Christmas present. I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many of us remember as children playing the “Just five more minutes, please?” card each day, normally before a nap and/or especially bedtime…since children dismiss sleep, nonchalantly, in their tiny world…caught up in whatever passion or interest … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Usually me, myself, and I get along pretty well. I actually kind of like myself after all these years (forgive the pun but I have grown accustomed to myself). I am not as hard on myself as I … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: *I wish I could say this was a personal photo of my Sammy who came to visit me yesterday (Cindy Ashley sent it) but Cindy you were actually very close to what happened. (*I had forgotten to put … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: After all these years there are two types of Christmas decorators…the one that put their tree up the day after Thanksgiving and bring it down (yesterday) the day after Christmas. For you yesterday was not a day of rest … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: As darkness descended Christmas night and crowds of neighbors’ families/friends left with cars moving in and out on our usual quiet little road…it was evident Christmas was ending…I knew it was time to reflect on Christmas 2019. John … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: This year (for the annual Christmas Eve story at my church) I adapted the last short story my friend and author, Gloria Houston, wrote as part of a Christmas anthology she was asked (by an editor) to participate … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: It is a bit of an oxymoron when we attend Christmas Eve services to listen to Luke’s Christmas Story…settling in quite comfortably and peacefully in our pews to hear the reassuring familiar words read again. Because if we … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: Like a domino effect, the God Winks started innocently enough Saturday evening when Bill Dingle, my brother-in-law, texted me to say that his oldest daughter, Emma, a freshman at Western Carolina, was browsing in a crafts shop (Tunnel … Continue reading →

Dear Reader: How many times have we sung “O Come O Come Emmanuel” and wondered about the second inferred reference with the words “Draw nigh, O Jesse’s Rod “… Matthew 1:23: “A virgin will conceive and give birth to a … Continue reading →