Category Archives: Holidays

Christmas Thoughts

Christmas Holiday Thoughts
“Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house,
Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.
And on goes the story about Christmas Eve,
And the jolly old man whom we believe.
Have you even wondered how Santa came to be -
So important to Christmas – and to you and to me?
Well, it all [...]

A Christmas Meditation

Give us through the coming year
QUIETNESS of MIND,
Teach us to be PATIENT
and always to be KIND,
Give us REASSURANCE
When everything goes wrong
So our FAITH remains unfaltering
And our HOPE and COURAGE strong–
And show us that in QUIETNESS
We can feel Your Presence near
Filling us with JOY and PEACE
Throughout the coming year.
by Helen Steiner Rice

Freedom is Not Free

A Patriotic Wish – For All American Heroes
I’d Like to be the sort of man the flag could boast about;
I’d like to be the sort of man it cannot live without;
I’d like to be the type of man that really is American;
The head erect, and shoulders square, clean-minded fellow, just and fair,
That all men [...]

A Tribute to all who Mother on Mothers Day

This is for all women of the world – not only those mothers with children of their own – Happy Mothers Day MOM!
Time passes. Life happens.  Distance separates.  Children grow up.  Jobs come and go.
Love waxes and wanes. Men don’t do what they’re supposed to do.  Hearts break.  Parents die.

Colleagues forget favors. Careers end.  [...]