From My Family to Yours

There are some folks that take Christmas as an opportunity to send out a family newsletter. It is good when it is just to the family. When it reaches out to casual acquaintances, it borders on, at the very least, a puzzlement. You read it; after all it is from the person to whom you gave your business card in the Branson Regional Airport just after you had been to see Yakim Smirnov and Andy Williams……… and you were feeling pleased and all was well with the world. Then, in about the third paragraph you realize that you do not know Aunt Millie and her thirteenth grandchild, or Sammy or Joelle or any of the others.

I have never had the urge to produce such a missive, or perhaps it should be called a missile. My family is somewhat mediocre when it comes to interesting folks, although I may get a challenge there.

But this year the urge descended upon me. I acknowledge that it is a bit late, but I did my Christmas column and got chided by my friends and relatives because they considered it improper for the Season. Claude Reese quoted the Bible and got front page exposure. I can’t blame Claude. At our age we should both boning up on the Book. St. Peter may have a few questions of us when we try to tell him why we should be allowed to stroll through the Pearly Gates. Sid Riley put my writing near the back of the edition, but still ahead of “Partners for Pets”.

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