Well, all you members know I don't do very many blogs, so, it's time again. This Christmas, I'm happy to hear so many people saying "Merry Christmas" and "happy new year", even from the TV stations. I suppose all is not lost to holiday greetings, like last year.

We shall overcome, and one day, regardless of skin color, the tongue we speak, black or white, Jew or Gentile, the country we live in, we will be as ONE. Human Beings, born of woman, created by God.

I was born in 1941, so I've seen a many Christmas come and go. Some, we were so poor, beans and rice was ALL we got that day, not even a tree, much less anything to put under it. Saying merry christmas is a way of life for me right along with believing in God as our (sole), soul provider. While it's now a holiday to many with a holiday tree, for me, it's still Christmas and I thank my God for keeping me here for all the ones I've seen.

Looking back at how far I've come, I'm so thankful for what little I have, remembering those years I had a lot less. I've suffered a stroke, yet survived. I'm thankful as I continue to pray for the troops in harms way and those who gave their lives today (Christmas Day) and yesterday, Christmas Eve in Iraq while their families await their return a year from now.

Instead, they will funeralize their love ones here next week, I will try to attend as usual.

Wishing you all a merry christmas and a happy new year and happy holidays, happy Hanukkah, Kwanza, and I can't speak spanish, but Felice Navidid, I think?