Christmas Blog

December 22, 2007

I am deviating from my usual format to do the annual Friend Christmas letter. Alan, my husband, and I are celebrating our 5^th year of retirement. We are happy that we can give back to the community with our volunteer efforts for Governor Granholm, the Michigan Women’s Historical Center and Hall of Fame, the Turner Dodge house and the Michigan Department of Human services. We are most proud of our daughter, Julie, who received her JD after six years of juggling a full time job, caring for a home with a large flower garden and raising/training a great dog. We have managed to control our chronic diseases. Our extended family is also coping with their chronic diseases without acute episodes. We have had many great experiences this year.

• We visited our extended family in Florida and missed some of the Michigan snows.
• We visited the George Bernard Shaw Festival in Canada, with Alan’s Step sister Jeri and friends.
• We enjoyed a mini family reunion on Mackinac Island.
• We joined Alan’s photography club on a photo trip to Leelanau peninsula.
• We visited Bavaria in Germany and Austria.

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While these experiences have been great for us we remain concerned about:

• My good friend and colleague Jim Allen (Food service director of the Tri-county Office on Aging Senior Nutrition Program and a proud member of the National Guard) was sent for his second tour to Iraq.
• Meal On Wheels programs in Michigan are facing increasing waiting lists due to the increased cost of gasoline, lack of volunteers and the increasing cost of food.

• The increasing cost of health care is a great concern to older persons and their caregivers.

• Finally I am concerned that ageism still exits. Rush Limbaugh thinks that America does not like to look at older women.

Comments

[White Man]

" Jesus Christ was born of the virgin Mary on December 25th [D] in Bethlehem, his birth was announced by a star in the east, which three kings or magi followed to locate and adorn the new savior. He was a child teacher at 12, at the age of 30 he was baptized by John the Baptist, and thus began his ministry. Jesus had 12 disciples which he traveled about with performing miracles such as healing the sick, walking on water, raising the dead, he was also known as the "King of Kings," the "Son of God," the "Light of the World," the "Alpha and Omega," the "Lamb of God," and many others. After being betrayed by his disciple Judas and sold for 30 pieces of silver, he was crucified, placed in a tomb and after 3 days was resurrected and ascended into Heaven.

First of all, the birth sequence is completely astrological. The star in the east is Sirius, the brightest star in the night sky, which, on December 24th, aligns with the 3 brightest stars in Orion's Belt. These 3 bright stars are called today what they were called in ancient times: The Three Kings. The Three Kings and the brightest star, Sirius, all point to the place of the sunrise on December 25th. This is why the Three Kings "follow" the star in the east, in order to locate the sunrise -- the birth of the sun.
For more answers and truth go here:

http://zeitgeistmovie.com/

There is NO god. Man created god in his image.