Out again today

Today we attended another volunteers thank you, for the musicians who  entertain, and "Friends" of the Aged Care Home.  It was a lavish afternoon tea, slices with icing, caramel, chocolate etc, and also cream puffs (round eclairs or profiteroles).  Hope we sleep well tonight as don't usually eat sugar, preferring coconut sugar, stevia and raw honey.

We were presented with a certificate, and I didn't expect that, as we were only  there once, on a recommendation, possibly when they had a cancellation, though they have indicated they want us a lot more in the future. All our invites have come from recommendations, we have not chased up any concerts ourselves.

This week the main thrust in any spare time has been to get the Christmas cards in the mail, and I have always enjoyed sending them to people that we don't see these days, neighbours and friends from earlier times, and relatives that live in other parts of the world.

Increasingly I am finding that some don't send cards any more, and ignore the one I have sent, though one or two have the opposite opinion and say they don't count cyberspace greetings and are blessed when they receive a card they can hold in their hands.

So it is a challenge to please everyone, and also to be prepared for a card or small gift received  locally and unexpectedly.

Other years I have included a short letter, just outlining some of the things that have happened to us over the year, in the hope that the recipients will include a few lines in their card, as I feel short-changed when I get a card that just says to..... from...... I feel it is a waste of a card and stamp.

      Quote: Don't worry if your Christmas card list seems to be growing each year.  Instead, be grateful!  It just means you're making friends faster than you are losing them.

A little child
a shining star
a stable rude,
the door ajar.
Yet in that place
so crude, forlorn,
The Hope of all
the world was born.
--Anonymous

My list is getting shorter as some people, including my sister and her family, are no longer interested in snail-mail cards!

I am also wrapping the few gifts that we exchange, and planning our trip away in January, contacting the people we wish to see and it is all coming on in a very satisfactory way.

Love and Blessings, Jan