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So many of you have warmed our hearts and graced our home with your beautiful Christmas cards, family photos, personal notes and newsletters over the past couple of weeks I confess I have been enjoying them with a dollop of guilt.<\/p>\n

It has been a tough year for Carolann and me financially and nothing stresses the heart and soul more than worrying about how to buy food, juggle the bills and remain employed with some degree of security.<\/p>\n

And, most importantly, to always wear the infectious, beaming, loving smile our loved ones richly deserve.<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t want to belabor the subject or start whining. Good grief, I have riches a kingdom couldn’t buy: good health, honest love, and many hearts happy to see me waddling down a sidewalk or hallway in approach with my Popeye-squinty<\/font> smile.<\/p>\n

Carolann, of course, lights every room and heart she enters, and she bursts into them all. <\/strong><\/p>\n

<\/a>So, I hope it’s a small comfort to you to know that we are digging deep to get ourselves out of relatively modest debts with our modest incomes.<\/p>\n

I’m not quite “pushing sixty” yet but I am pulling fifty and we want to retire eventually. We’re trimming our sails, even to the point of cutting out 44-cents stamps.<\/p>\n

This is your Christmas card. <\/strong><\/p>\n

We hope you’re not offended that you can’t hold it in your hand or tape it over your fireplace.<\/p>\n

We love buying, wrapping and giving gifts and cards as much as anybody. But, for now we hope you’ll read this and know it serves as a personal prayer from Carolann and me to each of you:<\/p>\n

Bless you and yours. And please know that you have all our love for these sacred holidays and the new year to come.<\/p>\n

God bless us, every one!<\/font><\/p>\n

Dave and Carolann<\/p>\n

\u00a9 Copyright 2009, Dave Williams. All rights reserved.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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