TO MY GRANDMOTHER

To My Mam-Maw, Then and now, I Love You

C-H-R-I-S-T-M-A-S

                                          C is for Christ
                                              Who died for our sins

                                           H is for hymns
                                               we sing unto him

                                            R is for real
                                                In our hearts he will always stay

                                             I is for In
                                               The church we pray

                                             S is for Saviour
                                                He is unto thee

                                             T is for Teaching
                                                 to talk and to see

                                             M is for Manger
                                                 What the Christ Child slept in
                                                                    
                                              A is for Always
                                                 The way he will always be, there and then

                                               S is for Sincere
                                                  The way we will always think of Him

Tammy Dillon, 6th Grade, December 18, 1974

The opening of a gift




Watching a child open a gift

Brings out Joy!

It is so much fun to see him

playing with History

With his face so bright,

like a candlelight

His smile wide

like the coming tide

He is happy for the day

For he knows its Christ’s Birthday


Tammy Dillon 6th Grade Dec 17, 1974

"CHRISTMAS STARTED IN OCTOBER THIS YEAR"

The Month Before Christmas

*Twas the month before Christmas*

*When all through our land,*

*Not a Christian was praying*

*Nor taking a stand.*

*See the PC Police had taken away,*

*The reason for Christmas - no one could say.*

*The children were told by their schools not to sing,*

*About Shepherds and Wise Men and Angels and things.*

*It might hurt people's feelings, the teachers would say*

* December 25th is just a ' Holiday '.*

*Yet the shoppers were ready with cash, checks and credit*

*Pushing folks down to the floor just to get it!*

*CDs from Madonna, an X BOX, an I-pod*

*Something was changing, something quite odd! *

*Retailers promoted Ramadan and Kwanzaa*

*In hopes to sell books by Franken & Fonda.*

*As Targets were hanging their trees upside down*

* At Lowe's the word Christmas - was no where to be found.*

*At K-Mart and Staples and Penny's and Sears*

*You won't hear the word Christmas; it won't touch your ears.*

*Inclusive, sensitive, Di-ver-si-ty*

*Are words that were used to intimidate me.*

*Now Daschle, Now Darden, Now Sharpton, Wolf Blitzen*

*On Boxer, on Rather, on Kerry, on Clinton !*

*At the top of the Senate, there arose such a clatter*

*To eliminate Jesus, in all public matter.*

*And we spoke not a word, as they took away our faith*

* Forbidden to speak of salvation and grace*

*The true Gift of Christmas was exchanged and discarded*

*The reason for the season, stopped before it started.*

*So as you celebrate 'Winter Break' under your 'Dream Tree'*

*Sipping your Starbucks, listen to me.*

*Choose your words carefully, choose what you say*

*Shout MERRY CHRISTMAS ,

not Happy Holiday !*

Please, all Christians join together and

wish everyone you meet

MERRY CHRISTMAS

Christ is The Reason' for the Christ-mas Season!

Let's put christ back in CHRISTMAS

HAVE A WONDERFUL CHRISTMAS SEASON pop

ORANGES ARE FUN

OUR SATSUMA TREE

What is a Satsuma? Probably the most delicious Citrus one could ever want to eat. Easy to peel, sweet, can’t get enough, almost habit forming pleasure. Well we have a tree and we are stuffing and sharing with others, it’s been a long time coming.

It all started in 2004, one of the employees at Tex-Air did not like his Satsuma tree and dug it up and offered it to me. Since he had shared his Satsuma’s with me and they were good I told him yes. We went to his house and I picked it up. When I arrived home, Nancy and I dug the hole by our rear fence. We dug it deep and planted it, watered it and put some food for it around it. Well guess what, it lived.

During 2005 it grew well but after blooming and setting fruit, only one or two survived. The tree survived Rita and into 2006. I pruned it, fed it and kept it watered. New limbs and leaves started growing and during the spring very pretty flowers popped out and little fruit showed up. Well needless to say 2006 was not a good year. We did get a few oranges and they were good.

Well 2007 and 2008 were not much better, we kept it fed and watered and pruned. Each year produced a little more fruit; just enough to say it was still alive. Well 2009 came and the tree rewarded us with a bumper crop, a thank you for taking care of it through hard times.

UM UM GOOD!

Think of it as raising children, do a good job of caring for them while growing up and they will make you proud. Life is a never ending challenge.

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HAVE A GOOD DAY  Enjoy life, POP