We enjoyed each other’s company as we ate our turkey dinner. Once everything from dinner was cleared away, we were going to open presents before we had dessert. We were all so full from supper already that we needed a break in between. Every one of us kids liked that idea because we were all... Continue Reading →

Grandma Lois and I jumped into her red truck and headed out to pick up my precocious cousin Dallas and to run out to the farm to pick up the rests of the gifts. There was an excitement in the air this Christmas. I could not explain it but I could feel it. The one... Continue Reading →

The next few weeks passed rather quickly. Jack left me alone for the most part. He was busy trying to show my Mother that he had changed. The honeymoon phase, I believe it is called. That moment when everything seems perfect after it was not! Christmas was coming fast and all the family would soon... Continue Reading →