LAST CHRISTMAS WITH MY GRANNY…

I raise a cup of coffee and toast the day.  I hope and pray all reading this are well and have a blessed day.

Carrie’s folks, Shirley and Michael, joined us for Christmas breakfast.  We ate some things that were really healthy…and a few things that were not.  This is always a very relaxing day for us.

My day has been lovely thus far and my dear wife, Carrie, is, with me in mind I add, preparing some freshly peeled potatoes to be mashed for my consumption later in the day.  Amen.

We are blessed as the house is starting to fill up a little more.  Our youngest son, Cody, just showed up with Hot Rod the dog.  They know how to enliven a place.  We needed the extra push to the pulse they brought through our front door.

Jarrett, our oldest, is out of town.  He is not in Afghanistan or Iraq.  We did that and thank God that is over.  I was delighted to see his name on a prayer list of servicemen and women at a church we visited recently.  Though he is no longer an active duty military person, he still has the stern heart of a great servant…as does his firefighting brother.   We are most proud.

We, his mother and I, are also missing him terribly this Christmas Day.  Alas, I do not blame him.  He is visiting the family of his lovely sweetheart, Hilary.  She is a fine young lady.  She lives in New Mexico.  Christmas dinner for Jarrett will be spent with her folks.  Merry Christmas to them.  Enjoy your gift from Indiana via the rest of the world.

Carrie’s brother, Steven, will be here shortly.  I have a present for him I know he will enjoy.

Last night we ate dinner at my parents’ house.  We had a great time.  My brother, Darrell, and his wife Emily were there.  So was my sister, Lynn, and her husband, Scott, and their two young’uns Katie and Matt.  I was there.  Carrie was there.  Michael and Shirley were there.  Steven was there.  Cody was there.  We laughed and played a game and ate too much and laughed some more.  We also had a few poignant moments.

My Granny, of course, wasn’t there.  She died a little more than a month ago.  While the life of the party was absent…others of us took up the slack and amped up our games, I think.  As I said, we did have a great time.  I wasn’t kidding.  But I am not going to kid myself either.  I miss my Granny.  I’m supposed to aren’t I?  Of course I am.

Well…Steven just rolled in and I need to go tackle him. CRASH>>CRUNCH>>>KAPOWW…just like the old Batman.  I tackled Steven.

Merry Christmas EVERYONE!  God Bless Us EVERYONE!

Speaking the rights.

Danny Johnson