Christmas 2018 - With My New Friends

Wealthy Affiliate Friends

I would like everyone to know I value your friendship. Christmas is a time of year when friendship is on our minds more than any other time of year. It is comforting to know I am making many new friends here at Wealthy Affiliate, you people are awesome!

On A Personal Note

A few weeks ago my wife received a call from her only brother who lives in Canada. Frank lives near their Mother and visits here a couple time as week to help her with day to day needs, shopping, Doctors visits etc.

Frank called to deliver the sad news that my mother-in-law was just diagnosed with liver cancer. More scans are scheduled for the new year but at 88 yrs there is not much they can do. The scans are just to confirm what the Doctors already know, she has little time left.

With this unfortunate news, we decided that flying with dogs (Winnie & Keeper) in the holiday season is not an easy task and not a great experience for our four legged pals. Neither would we subject them to a strange Kennel no matter how good that Kennel's reputation is.

The best alternative for us, I stay here to keep our dogs out of jail and we will celebrate Christmas when she returns from Canada next week.

Alone But Not Alone

It makes me sad to know there are thousands of people in the world that will be spending Christmas alone. This is a time of year when getting together with friends and family creates some of the fondest memories we cling to for years.

I am sad that my wife will spend Christmas 3,000 km away. But happy she is getting to spend it with her Mother who lives alone at 88 years old. This very well maybe her last chance to spend a Christmas with her mother and I didn't want her to regret not being there. I insisted she makes the journey. This was the best gift I could give her and her mother.

Don't feel sad for me. I am surrounded by good people, you on here, and good RV folk that traveled from all parts of North America. Many new friends living in this RV Resort are celebrating Christmas together with a Pot Luck dinner on Christmas Day.

The Holidays

Being separated from your closest loved ones and friendsis a very lonely time for those that have to experience the holidays alone.

If you're sitting on the fence, and have the chance and the ability to be with someone special, please don't hesitate any longer. Make the effort and eliminate any chance of regrets. No doubt you will brighten someones Christmas.

There is a proverb I believe came from the Dalai Lama, The Past is gone, The future is uncertain, but every day is a gift, and that is way we refer to it as the present.

Merry Christmas to all!

However you celebrate in your faith, I wish this holiday to be your best yet!