Cookies…check! Note to Santa…check! Glass of milk…check! Bottle of ale…well, I guess delivering presents all over the world is thirsty work!
Merry Christmas to All!
May 2013 bring:
More peace
Less war
More joy
Less sorrow
More love
Less hate
More hope
Less despair
More people reaching out to help others
Less people reaching the end of their rope
More parents participating positively with their children
Less children living without basic necessities
Perhaps you wonder what you can do…or if what you do can really make a difference.
Have you seen “It’s A Wonderful Life“? In it, George Bailey asked that exact question:
http://youtu.be/wl0BWUsAYyY Supposedly the entire movie
http://youtu.be/-oxeoiEGSyw A three-minute review of the movie
Remember what the Pencilmaker told the pencil before he put it in the box: Everything you do will leave a mark!
Do something to help someone else everyday…even if it is just a smile or kind word. Read a story to a young child. Listen to a teenager. Call an elderly relative or friend. Make the mark you leave a positive one.
I wish you all a beautiful holiday and a Happy, Healthy, Joyous and Successful New Year!
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VIVIAN KIRKFIELD - Writer for Children 
Wishing you a great day.. and prosperous new year and thanks for the ping..;)
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Same to you, Gerry!
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Merry Christmas Vivian – and to your lovely family. Beautiful post, as always.
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Thank you, Susan! Merry Christmas to you and your family…our friendship this past year has warmed my heart.:)
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Lovely post — may you have a wonderful day and a new year that brings all you could dream of!
(p.s. When I was a child, I was told that Santa doesn’t like milk, so I always left a note that there was a bottle of ginger ale in the fridge. 😉 )
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Oh, I love that, Beth! Thank you so much for your friendship this year…I’m looking forward to completeing Emma’s wonderful picture book writing course in January and hopefully participating in the Children’s Book Hub and other sites…now that I won’t be ‘working’ any more.:)
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Great post! My thoughts exactly.
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Thanks so much…I think many of us feel this way.:)
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Lovely post with heartfelt message. It has been lovely *working* with you. I wish you much success in 2013. Thank you for adding me to your list!
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Definitely Santa’s ‘nice’ list, Diane! BTW, loved your BINO story.:)
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I hope you had a great Christmas. My kids found out from watching Max & Ruby that Santa prefers chocolate milk so that’s what he got this year. He seemed to have liked it because he drank it all. Yum!
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That is so funny, Milka! When my kids were a little older and my oldest son had come home from college, I thought it was time to do without the ‘traditional’ letter to Santa. I had to think again when I came down in the morning, and there, to my surprise, was the letter from Santa…telling how disappointed he was to have missed a letter from us. My son had obvously felt that this was an important tradition and one that we should continue forever.:) Kids know what is important to them, don’t they?:)
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Wow, what a great story! I’ll have to remember that when my kids stop believing in Santa one day (sniff). Keep the magic of Christmas going!
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It made me realize how important traditions and routines are to kids (big and little ones)! Have a great weekend, Milka!
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Lovely post, Vivian!
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Thank you, Catherine!
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Thank you, Eliz! Having wonderful blogging friends like you has made the past year so meaningful.:)
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Merry (late) Christmas! Happy 2013!
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Thank you for the good wishes, Erik! Ditto to you and your family.:)
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