Dear Dan,Remember when you, Mary Lou and I would go Christmas caroling in the neighborhood? Mom loved to open the front door and listen to our voices floating through an otherwise "silent night." We weren't allowed to go in to the houses. We could sing on the front steps and we were allowed to accept... Continue Reading →

Dear Dan.I went past the old house today. Mom and I went there shortly before you died. The guy who bought it gutted the place and totally redid it. He wasn't quite finished when he showed us around. As I went past I had flashbacks of lovely Christmases past; back when our little family was safe;... Continue Reading →

Dear Dan, I've been thinking about the Christmas dad took us out for a ride shortly before midnight. Astronomers were saying that there was an event in the night sky that could have been the star of Bethlehem. So dad took us around out in the country so we could look for it. We drove... Continue Reading →

Dear Dan,One year shortly after Thanksgiving you, mom dad and I went to have dinner at Howard Johnsons. I think you were already in high school and I was still in Jr. high. We both might still have been in Jr. high; I don't quite remember exactly. We were going past College Heights and the... Continue Reading →

Dear Dan,Since it's the season I've been thinking about Christmases past.One year we spent Christmas in Camptown with Grandmother and Granddad. Scott was in the Army in Germany and wasn't able to come home. All the presents were sent up to Camptown. Santa was going to deliver them there.Uncle Don, Aunt Betty, Judy, David and... Continue Reading →