Merry Christmas, dear friends. I know only about 5 people read this so I don't get to tell as many as I would like but at least I get to say it to you. I hope that 2006 is better for all of us because I don't think 2005 has been a banner year for anyone I know and certainly it hasn't been too swift for me. I have a little of that cautious optimism going still and I believe that 2006 will bring peace and resolution to a lot of people I know. I think this time next year we're all going to feel a lot better.
A couple of years ago I sent out a Christmas letter with a poem by U.A. Fanthorpe that I loved... Tim said nobody got it. Before I sign off for a few days I thought I'd share it here... because I believe people will get it. I think it's pretty profound to think that one child's birth literally changed the way we define time.
BC:AD
This was the moment when Before
Turned into After, and the future's
Uninvented timekeepers presented arms.
This was the moment when nothing
Happened. Only dull peace
Sprawled boringly over the earth.
This was the moment when even energetic Romans
Could find nothing better to do
Than counting heads in remote provinces.
And this was the moment
When a few farm workers and three
Members of an obscure Persian sect
Walked haphazard by starlight straight
Into the kingdom of heaven.
(By the way, that's my new grand-nephew standing in for the baby Jesus.)
Merry Christmas, Rose
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