This year (1985), third-grader Becky won the big prize at school. Her name was drawn from a hat to play Mary in St. John The Baptist School Christmas production. I was so proud. She was so scared.
Becky (Rebecca) was angelic as Mary.
Christmas sparkles through children, no matter their age.
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Only three children but our house was filled with cheer and noise in 1980.
Today I’m remembering when I was a frazzled mother. I thought those days would never end. They have and now I appreciate those crazy days when I wanted to pull out my hair.
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In past readings, I told about having the kids down with chickenpox for Christmas. Today it is an ordinary cold, but for little Russell.
Even if I didn’t catch any of the colds our children had, I continued to suffer. I had to take care of everyone and of course, I worried that the cold would turn into something worse.
This column retells the wrestling matches I had trying to get cold medicine down Russell’s throat. Let me say, it wasn’t easy.
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