CHAPTER 11, PAGE 30

 

 

 

According to sources, the following letter was found

in the 'Letters To Santa' box at the Post Office

in Thompson Falls, Montana

 

Dear Santa:

What do I ask this year? I have perused each ad in my mailbox, pored over the colorful ads in the newspaper. So many lovely things, and yet I need nothing.

I realize this as I walk up the hill on my strong legs. I can hear the air fill my lungs. I feel the cold on my cheeks. I smell the smoke of the fire that warms my home. I see the snow-capped mountains and the slate gray river peppered with fat geese.

I need nothing: there are people who love me. There are people who forgive my sometimes wretched temper and who touch me with loving hands. There are neighbors who smile in the store. There are shopkeepers who are tolerant when I don’t have enough money. There are kind faces in public places.

There is a fat pregnant cat who sneaks into my garage. Dogs and other cats share my hearth; I love to feel their fur with my feet. There are hawks that teach their young of flight, right there behind my house.

There are deer that tiptoe into my yard and savor the fat apples in the snow. Rows of glassed vegetables; green beans, tomatoes, peas and carrots color my pantry. And a rusty bucket of hand tools and neatly dried seeds promises next year’s riches.

I need nothing! Christmas promises already fulfilled redeem my foolish life, and occasionally I glimpse the feast that awaits me when this earthly one is done.

Today I discovered a hole in my jeans. I felt the December air slither down my leg. How mighty is the hand that sweeps the wind along the mountains.

Santa, dear old soul,

just give me another day like this one in my life.

GOOD MORNING !

I may not have the rows of glassed vegetables and a rusty bucket with seeds for next year, but just like the letter to Santa, I can say I need nothing this year.

My babes always ask for some ideas for Christmas and it gets harder and harder for me to think of something I need. I do need them around me and celebrating as a family, but they won't all be home together for a while....

Since I couldn't really come up with anything I did tell them that my old bedroom set...comforter sheets and curtains were getting quite worn out. So I guess they are all going together and getting that for me this year. But I didn't really need it...

I make do with a lot of old things around here. I just can't see why they should be replaced when they serve their purpose very well. There is just me and a few critters left at home and our needs are very simple and small.

Thankfully, today is FINALLY FRIDAY. I am so looking forward to the weekend. I've much to do and I know the list will never be done in one weekend, but I'll be giving it my best shot for sure.

THOUGHT FOR TODAY

My Christmas Wish

If I could have a Christmas wish come true,

I would wish for wonderful things to come to you.

I wish you happiness in everything you do,

I hope not many worries or problems will come to you.

I wish you hope that can brighten the cloudiest day,

And strength to accept all that life sends your way.

May you rise each day with sunlight in your heart,

And may all your hopes and dreams never fall apart.

With my warmest thoughts, and memories of you,

I wish that all your joys, and wishes will come true.

When these special wishes are delivered to your door,

There's no doubt they will be, accompanied by many more.

Of all the Christmas wishes delivered to you yearly,

There couldn't be another that's wished more warmly or sincerely.

Author unknown but warmly expessed from me to you !

May the season's simple joys

Warm your heart...

Fill your home...

Last a lifetime

MA

 

 

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