Santa learns a lesson

Just got finished reading Tinker's blog on our trip to the nursing home on Sat. I agree with her 100%, it was a trip well worth spending part of an afternoon there. I know that some will get to go home on Christmas day, some won't and I also know that the stuffed bears that we gave them won't magically make it special for them but I also know what I saw when I walked in and said Ho Ho Ho.... the majority of them smiled and or laughed. The little lady in her wheel chair that ask Santa if he was the guy that called bingo for them and ended up telling him that last year she sat on his lap and gave him a kiss on the cheek (she also gave him one this year) then there was the lady from Shug town that jump up from getting her nails done just to give Santa and his helpers a big hug and last but not least the 95 yr old that showed us that she can still dance a jig...they were all glad to see us. There were also the ones that were bed bound....some awake, some asleep, that when they wake up and find a stuffed bear on the bed with them....well maybe it will bring back a good memory of Christmas's gone by.....I have a friend that goes with his church on a weekly basis to this nursing home that came home on Sunday afternoon and called me to tell me that they had a couple show up with their bears....and were still laughing and talking about Santa's trip there....Well folks, that should tell us all that it was worth taking a little time out of our so called busy lives to spread a little cheer.

I would like to thank Neva for getting the ball rolling this year to get the bears that we needed and to the rest of Santa's helpers for staying on me to make sure that I ended up going....it was well worth my afternoon....

I hope the holiday season brings you all the joy and good times that you deserve....

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

David