I must be getting soft...

[estranged4life]

hearted in my "old age"...Today while shopping Deb & myself saw a Christmas tree (Courtesy of the Salvation Army) that contained lists of items that disadvantaged children that were hoping to receive gifts for Christmas, So being that we don't have children (Or will after Deb's chemo/radiation treatments) we decided to pick a list and fill it for a child, Who may otherwise not receive a visit from "ol jolly St.Nick".

We picked a 10 yr.old girl's list which consisted of school supplies, scented lotions, A Barbie doll, A diary, Finger nail polish & hair ribbons (Which caused me to break into the lyric of Stevie's song "Juliet", "You get some ribbons and some bows and get back out on the road again").

It was rather heartbreaking to know that this child may not have otherwise had a joyful Christmas if we did not go out of our way to help out by sharing...So heartbreaking that I nearly lost it a few times as we shopped for this child to make her dream come true (It takes alot to make me shed tears, Even more to do it publicly, But this was one of the first times this has happened in a while.)

We may not be the most financially stable couple around (Cancer has a way to destroy your life's savings) but at least we wanted to try to give back after the year we been through by showing that the real meaning of Christmas is giving...

Peace out, Take care & blame Canada!!!!

Brian "You have yet to see anything til ya see a 6'-2" 235lb. man near tears" j.

ps-A big Screwyou (!!!) goes to the Target stores for banning the Salvation Army "bellringers" from appearing in front of your stores...That's fine, We "banned" ourselves from taking our dollars to your stores