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Oh My It Is Good
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BY DOROTHY DENNE Ho, Ho, Ho. ‘Tis the season to be jolly. Anytime is a good time to be jolly but I’m talking round jolly. You know, like Santa round and jolly as in “round little belly that shook when he laughed like a bowl full of jelly”. ‘Tis the season for will power. I have lots of it. I’m constantly saying, “Yes, thank you, I will” to a bite of this, a bite of that, or perhaps a sliver, a slice, or a slab. Oh my, it’s all so good. My birthday was the Sunday before Thanksgiving. I went to my heartson’s for dinner and I was pretty righteous. Well, not perfect but pretty righteous. I knew the holidays were upon us.
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one who offers us a homemade Christmas cookie or some fudge or an egg nog? That’s why we only promise ourselves. No one else needs to know we are breaking a promise and oh my, they are all so good. Modern times have brought us many good things. The return of stylish flat-heeled shoes is one. Tossing out the requirements for corsets and girdles is another. And, of course, we have elasticized waists. Oh my. They are good. So dear readers, if you are fortunate enough to have a reason for good laughs and an excuse for good food, I say go for it. Personally I’m determined to laugh at everything I can, eat anything I want, wear elastic waistbands and just shake like a bowl full of jelly. Who do you know that was ever more loved that Santa? Oh my. It is good.
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Then came Thanksgiving. I went again to my heart-son’s for dinner. Generally, the more love the more food. I love my ‘family’ a lot. But, I had determination of steel. I was determined to take just a very small serving of each thing. I did. Then, I determined that I liked each thing so much that I might have a little more of everything. I did. Not necessarily a little, but definitely everything. Oh my. It was all so good. Here we are in December. It is the one month more than any other that we tend to eat our way through, from day one right through day thirty-one. Oh sure there are days here and there where we promise ourselves we won’t eat a thing so our new outfit will fit well on New Years Eve. Aren’t those the days we always run into some-
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Peace ... that is something that is needed the world over as we face the turmoil of these most difficult times. However, that greeting “Peace to You and Yours” is a most touching and thoughtful feeling to start this wonderful Christmas Season with. But the thought is even “more” touching when you realize that it is being sent to you by the artist of the beautiful Christmas card shown above, Andrew Gunnin, age 16, who is a cancer patient with Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia. I thought to myself, how easy it is, in our busy daily lives, to unintentionally overlook the needs of the people around us. A child’s cancer illness can have a devastating
emotional and economic impact on the cancer patient as well as their family. Yet, here is Andrew Gunnin giving back to Cancer Research through his artistic talents. Yes,
that truly is “Kids helping Kids”, which is a very successful outreach program sponsored by the Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation located Irving, California. PCRF has been
very successful in bringing encouragement and hope to recovering Child Cancer Patients for many years. The survival rate of children with cancer has improved over the past 25 years from 15% to 80% due to Children’s Cancer Research Foundations. The Irvine, California Pediatric Cancer Research Foundation is a most efficient research organization, as 80 cent of every dollar raised goes directly to research. During these tough economic times financial donations are seriously short and they need more help. Like young Andrew Gunnin giving through his artistic talents “Kids helping Kids” it is
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