This is the time of year when about every mail delivery has at least one Christmas Missive that is a Picture Card. It's wonderful to see how the great nieces and great nephews are growing. My cousin, Peg sends a picture of her grandchildren - good looking group of kids - and Jackie and Dr. Dan, each year send a picture of their growing family. It's so great watching them go from wee babes to teenagers and eventually parents themselves. Several friends are sending pictures of them with their family or just the grandchildren. I love getting those images each year. I have a Flip Frame that I put the photos in and then display them on a bookshelf and replenish it when the new ones come each year.
Another card that I look forward to is the one from our former Pastor, Msgr. Swaner. Always a picture of of him and something from his garden. This year, he says, it was all cukes and zukes - too much rain.
People ridicule the Christmas Letter people send, but I like them. It keeps me caught up with what's going on. The Nieukirks got a new house this year - all on one floor - Great!!! and on a sad note, Vern's cousin, Virginia, lost two grandchildren this year, one in a vehicle accident, the other to cancer. But a granddaughter got married, so in the midst of sorrow there was joy.
Like most people, I get very caught up in what's going on in my life, so these yearly remembrances remind me of the importance of the people I know and love. The cycle of life, sent out each year in pictures and letters.
The picture on the left is the most poignant of all those I received this year and expresses "The Cycle of Life" the best. Caught by the lens, Loraine Sepich, who died this year, and two year old Great Grandson, Aydan. As Sue wrote on the Card: "It pretty much sums it up".
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