Happy New Year

During the year may you have
Enough happiness to keep you sweet.
Enough trials to keep you strong.
Enough sorrow to keep you human.
Enough hope to keep you happy.
Enough failure to keep you humble.
Enough success to keep you eager.
Enough friends to give you comfort.
Enough wealth to meet your needs.
Enough enthusiasm to make you look forward to tomorrow.
Enough determination to make each day better than the day before.

Christmas Without Dad

This would be the second time that we would be spending Christmas without my Dad. I still feel sad thinking we would be at the dinner table without him. I miss seeing him in his fave jacket and ever-present cap or hat and his expensive leather shoes. He was such a dashing gentleman. We loved his presence. We miss him , sorely.