The President’s Blog

This year’s Christmas holiday season is very different from past seasons. It is impossible to escape all the doom and gloom that is being spread by media far and wide, and it is hard to find the joy and hope that has traditionally accompanied our time away from work.
I hope that there is a silver lining in this cloudy season for you.

For me, the silver lining will be the time I spend with friends and family over the holidays. It will not be about the gifts but about the precious time that I can spend with my 92 year old mother who will delight in seeing the Christmas lights and great-grandchildren over one more season of her life. It will be about the wonderful long hours I get to spend with my wife Sue as we drive from place to place to visit with family and friends. It will also be about caring for an aging Uncle Jack who lives alone and is always excited to have visitors come and stay a while.

Most of all, I hope that you will find something to celebrate this Christmas. For a while, I hope you get away from newspapers, television, email, and the internet and just enjoy all of those things that make life such a wonderful gift. Celebrate your faith, your friends, your family, and see if you can find joy in even the simplest things we are given.
Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all.