I’m so very sorry about your sweet dog. We had to do that with our Shiloh last year and I still miss him terribly. We probably won’t have another dog, either.

My dad died last night so the holidays will be somber for us. Yet there is still so much to be grateful for and I’m trying to remember that.

How kind of them! I love your advice about having a friend who is a comedian. We have a couple of friends who are hilarious and in fact, my husband makes me laugh every day. That’s always my advice to newly married couples – laugh together every day.

What a gorgeous tree! It looks to be full of memories – just the sort of tree I like. Do be careful on that ladder; we need you healthy and unharmed. One Christmas I stood on a chair to place some ornaments high on the tree and slipped on the chair pad. It jarred my back something awful. I now try to be especially careful.

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Well said. You make several very good points. We, too, held our breaths and I had flashbacks to 2016. As soon as the election was over my husband began sending the money he had been donating weekly to local candidates to Georgia. Without the Senate I fear little will be accomplished. j

What do you think of the Biden cabinet picks?

I absolutely agree with you about our country’s history of rugged individualism. It no longer serves us and we are better together. Thank you for your example.