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We have reached the time in our lives
when our annual highlights consist mostly of trips to see family and
doctors. If you find Christmas letters of that sort boring (I do)
why write one?
With no apology whatsoever to David
Letterman (I'm mad at him for retiring anyway), here are our Top 10
Reasons for writing this year's Christmas letter. Cue the music,
Paul.
10. My father had a cartoon taped to
the wall at his veterinary practice where only employees could see
it. It said, “There's no d*#m reason for it, it's just policy.”
After all these years the same goes for our Christmas letters.
9. We do need to report that daughter
Laura, her husband Sam and Cooper the Granddog continue to thrive in
Carmel, a suburb of Indianapolis. She teaches, he advises clients on
their finances, and he barks at squirrels. We leave it to you to
determine the correct referents in the previous sentence.
(Hint, he's the squirrel guy)
8. Our congregation continues to do an
amazing volume of ministry, and to provide us with great friends. In
these dark days we all need to see the Light of the World.
Steve, my college roomie, visited for the celebration of the 30th anniversary of my ordination
7. Three words: Old Oaken Bucket. Three in a row. Okay, seven words.
6. Son Dan and Granddog Brianna live in
New York City. He attends medical school, she vaporizes chew toys.
Big sis visiting Dan
5. Linda hopes to expand her cleaning
business, hiring somebody else's knees to get down on a few of those
bathroom floors.
4. Bad news: our house construction has
blown through ritardando all the way to fermata. Good news: we have
a house under construction.
3. Linda's parents and my mom continue
to grace us with their presence, modeling wisdom and grace whenever
we see them. We're comfortable with not speculating on what they do
when we're not around.
2. Yes, we still run,though at this
point we look more like Tim Conway than Hussein Bolt.
(Make sure you click on this link. It leads to the best 5 minutes of your day.) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i_AwOIs2buE
And the number one reason for us to
send you this Christmas letter: we hope you will respond in whatever
way works best for you, letting us know you are still converting air
to carbon dioxide and perhaps even including a word about what else
may have happened for you this past year.
In the immortal words of Tiny Tim (the
one with the crutch, not the ukelele or fire hose), “God bless us,
every one.”
