My Christmas Gift

Dear editor,

A cold dark time in so many ways. A house divided cannot stand. The extinction of families. Hope lost.

But then I looked at the people around me. Each with their own pain and problems. Yet, still a smile, a kind word, a willingness to help or make someone else happy. Their goodness not extinguished.

There’s talk about a Higher Power able to bring light to the darkness. It is said that He loves deeply. Each of us. Truly loves. He will help us.

My gift this year—I believe—again.

Joan Klonowski

Where are the apologies? The Mea Culpas?