WV Jeanne Ann

[Guest guest]

Jeanne Ann,

Good to hear from you again. I was beginning to think you had forgotten us.

I'm really sorry about Chris. I will pray for him and that his surgery

will take care of his yucky disease. May he have many long, happy years

to live! God is good!

Sorry to hear you are getting so much snow. We have had just enough to

cover the ground twice, which is two times too many for me. I don't like

walking in that stuff or on ice. We are expecting to get snow/rain/ice -

a mess, sometime before Christmas. Christmas day itself is supposed to

be cloudy with temperatures in the upper 30's. The day of the mess is

supposed to be a high of 45. Go figure!

Well, you now have a teen-ager in the house. Congratulations! Only 6

more years of misery. Actually, since I have met , I can't imagine

how she could ever be like a typical teenager. Then I look at my 12 and

1/2 year old son and know, really know that it began before she turned

13. They were such nice kids the day we met. What happened? Helen and I

are both wondering. I'm certain you are aware that a grunt can mean yes

or no, depending upon which answer you want. When you complain about it,

assuming you think you got the wrong answer, you are plainly told, " I

am. " , or " I said yes/no! " . Love it. Their way of communicating is

different from all adults and other species on this planet. Mark Twain

said, " When I was 17, I thought my father was the most stupid man on

earth. When I turned 21, I was amazed at how much the old man had

learned in 4 years. " That about sums up where we stand in their eyes.

I know I found out more about the Missions trip he went on this past

summer to TN when he started talking to our Pastor's wife during our

fellowship hour. They talked about whitewater rafting. He talked about

the ratings of the different types of rapids like he had been doing it

all his life. She was describing the worst rapid they had found

themselves in and he was talking about how to get through it. Seems he

was right. Now, did he ever tell me this? No, I wasn't worth the time

and he would have had to explain all of it to me anyway (in his own

mind). When I had asked about it, he just said, " It was fine. " There was

a lot behind that " fine, " it appears. I suspect that has done

similiar things to you.

Now, how are we going to handle 3 of you in WV, all women? We have had a

hard enough time with just you and Ronnie.

Well, I guess time will tell.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year and Happy Birthday, Jesus.

Mike Gray