NEWS FLASH FROM DADDY



Christmas Day dawned hot and sunny

Jimmy and Wes got airplanes

and I got a doll and a crib to put her in.





Mom gave Daddy a shiny black lunchbox with silver buckles

and Daddy gave her a red robe

that had a yellow dragon breathing fire on the back.

...

Mom got a kick out of it

but said she really wanted snow for Christmas!





Daddy sat around in his pj's most of the morning

while Mom tried to decide whether to make ham

and all the trimmings

.r just to make bologna sandwiches.

It was so hot.


...

Me and the boys played all day

with our new toys and our neighbors new toys.

Jeannie didn't like dolls so she got a truck from Santa

and a flannel shirt.

...

I was shocked but I admired her courage

because those gifts would have made me burst into tears.




We had the bologna sandwiches for supper

and lime koolaid in honor of Christmas.

Then we all got down on our knees

for a new thing Mom had started

called "devotions"

where we each had to say a prayer.

I wasn't too crazy about it

because half the time I couldn't think of anything to pray about

and because Mom prayed about everybody we ever knew

or heard of.

And even about the weather!

...

But I did good this time.

I prayed a thank you for my new toys.





Finally Mom got done

and me and the boys jumped up, ready to go outside

but Daddy stopped us.

"Sit down," he said

"We're having a family meeting".

...

That's when we found out that Daddy was quitting the railroad

and that we were moving to Phoenix

so that he could go to school to learn to be a preacher.





Little did Mom know she wouldn't see snow again for 10 years.

And little did I know we would never have such a wonderful

Christmas

again.

Our Daddy

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