Meet the Grandhildren

Little Jaimie her granddaughter came in and interrupted her thoughts. “Grams can I have a cookie?”. “Of course, sweetie, here you go”. Jaimie was 6, if Beatrice died she’d miss her school plays, athletics, dances, proms, graduations, wedding, and many other occasions. She tried to picture that child at each stage of her life. How hard this was going to be.

Ben came in, the baby, he was four, he hugged her leg and said, “I love you gwammy”. Her heart really broke and she started crying. Ben not knowing why she was crying asked, “Did you get a boo boo gwammy?” “No, child, I just am sad today that’s all.” Ben smiled, “Don’t be sad, cause I love you!” Tears welled up in her eyes again. “Here you go Ben here’s a cookie, now run outside and play.”

Gradnma Died in a Single Car Accident

Going back to the carnage of 2010 since now it is apparent that there will be no tax bill.

Beatrice Gooding was a wonderful granny. She cooked lots of great cookies for her children and grandchildren. She sewed things for her career minded daughter=s kids and watched them when they needed watching. Beatrice was also worth $300 Million. She had inherited that sum from her second husband Frederick Johnston an inventor. He had invested pens that wrote upside down and then parlayed his patent money in real estate. Beatrice was worried. She could think of the wonderful things that her children and grandchildren could do with her money, if only she would die in the year 2010. But her doctor told her that she was in perfect health and could look forward to many long years. She didn=t want to see the government take her money to use on those awful inplements of war. She remembered reading that single car accidents could not be ruled a suicide. But did she have the courage to do it.

Christmas Eve

Well here we are on Christmas eve. Today is shopping day for me. Adrenaline flowing through my veins as I dash from store to store to get gifts for my family. Also my SMU Mustangs are making their first bowl appearance in 25 years. Go Ponies beat Nevada. But Christmas Eve also gives us a reason to pause for a moment and consider the gift given us by God, this Christmas Season, namely his Son, Jesus. With parties, shopping, gifts, choir preparations, we forget to just reflect on the joy from this Gift God gave us on Christmas Day. For Christians, Christmas is the day we commemorate the incarnation of God. When God became flesh and lived with us for 33 short years. Many in this world do not believe this. For them Christmas must seem like silliness. But to the Christian, this is the day that changed the World. People at times say that the world would be better off without religion. But for those who believe what Christ taught us, the world is a mess anyway, whether Christ had come or had not come. And Christians are still human and still have their faults and have their issues. The difference though is that Christ gave us a connection with the Almighty. Christ gave us hope for a better tomorrow. Christians do not become suicide bombers. Christians will say when they are wronged, “he or she is answerable to God for that”. And guess what, without accepting the gift of Christ being answerable to God means a terrible eternity. I invite all to read the Gospel of Matthew this Holiday Season. Merry Christmas.