Whispers - To Saint Nicholas

Dear Santa:

I'd prefer you bring us love and happiness not only during Christmas holidays, but also throughout the whole year!                                                                                                                     Skelna,UnitedKingdom                                                                                                                                                          

I help my mom with the dishes and I help my grandma and grandpa by giving them lots of hugs .So please give them something nice too!
                                                             Katelyn,  New York

My Dad did the naughty/nice test and was called a little stinker. Please give him something he didn’t mean to be bad.                         Saoirse,  Ireland

Please bring presents to all the kids, especially the poor ones who have not even one toy. I don’t think it would be a very merry Christmas if poor kids didn't get anything!!                               -                                               Julian,  Massachusetts.

Oh by the way, my cancer is all gone this year and my hair has grown back. You might night recognize me so I will leave you a new picture
                                                       - Kyle,  South Dakota

Where did you get the magic dust that makes the reindeer fly? Can I get some?
                                                         - Rachel,  New York.

First of all, I like to receive My Mother's heart with other presents. If you can't give my mother's heart, all other presents are nothing. I love my mother very much.
                                                    - Yeonjoo,  South Korea.

I hope that the world gets sorted out so that we can all be happy  

                                                    - Jack,, New Zealand.

Please wake me up so I can see the reindeer. You can even pour water on my head if you have to! (That's what Mom has to do to get me out of bed!)
                                               - Ashley,  United Kingdom.

I love you Santa and I hope to come in my country .
                                                             - Ilinca,  Romania.

I wish that my Dad didn't have to die from cancer
                                                   - Tanya-Louise, Ontario.

I love seeing everyone's faces light up when they see you at the shopping centre.
                                                   - Katy,  United Kingdom.

I am asking again for many families to come and  adopt all my friends and me.    I promise we will  love them so much.                               Sabrina, China.

Last year we left out for you a piece of mince pie and a beer, but when we got up next morning we noticed a bit of icing was taken from the Christmas cake. Mum said you must have been extra hungry!
                                                    - Paul,  United Kingdom.

My English is terrible. But My hope is great.
                                                                     Javier,  Chile.

We will put some paper on the floor so your muddy boots don't upset Mummy
                                                      - Kit,  United Kingdom.

I don't speak English so well as I would like but I'm sure that your heart is so big that you'll be able to do something in particularly for poor children. Many wishes

                                                                     - Nicolò,  Italy.

I was a pretty bad kid last year and now I'm back with my family and it's great I am doing really good now and just want what’s best for everybody.
                                                               - Jenn,  Montana.

How are you able to get down the chimney and be in so many places throughout the world in just one short night? I need to know because my mom says her Christmas dress is too small from last year and she says there's no time to go and get all the things done in time for Christmas?
                                                           - Elizabeth,  Alberta.

Pleeeeeeeeeeaaaaaaaaaaaaaassssssssssseeeeeeeee get my dad out of jail.
                                                            - Kaliska,  Arizona.

I really want a parent for my best friend Jade
                                                   - Laura,  Pennsylvania.

I hope your slay has air conditioning because it can be really hot in Barbados
                                                               - Stu, Barbados.

My grandpa just died and everyone is sad. I want everyone to be happy for Christmas. I love my whole family and just want this Christmas to be happy.
                                                        - Phillip,  New Jersey.

You're never too old to send a letter to Santa!
                                                      - Holly, 18,  Nova Scotia.

Dear Santa Claus,
I hope this letter finds you and Mrs. Claus well. I know this is a very busy season for you as it is for me and my fellow officers at the Fort William Detachment of the Anishinabek Police Service.
During this season, as you are working at trying to fill little boys and girls dreams, me and the other officers in the region will be working hard to keep the streets and neighbourhoods safe for them as well. This season tends to bring out the best and worst in people.
For Christmas this year Santa, all I want is NOT to have to give anyone bad news because of a drunk driver.                                                                                              Cst. R Bannon

Santa: We know how busy you are and thank you for all your visits to the hospital.  My friends and I can’t play with a lot of the toys, but thank the elves for thinking of us.  If the elves have time, can they maybe make notes to some families, maybe with some extra time, to write us letters.  That would be the greatest.  Just not for my hospital Santa, but everybody’s.  We love you Santa.                                                                                                                                           Nicholas   Children’s Hospital  

 Why are you
 smiling Nicholas..

Because Christmas is love and that makes me happy...

And your smile Dear Nicholas makes life more beautiful, 

 promise you will never stop smiling...

I promise Santa

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A Christmas Wish

Family

Pedestals stand tall and apart from a maze of angles and vistas sketched in time all from the footprint of ancestors, untouchable in character, foundation, devotion and ability.  Now limbs of inheritance reach from the base of each pedestal, extending not in the shadow of the maze, but in the radiance of light, resonating the strength of family.

Family is not chosen, each and every individual, so unique in character, are bequests.

No matter what we have done for ourselves or humanity, if we cannot look back at having given love and attention to our family, our footprint is invisible and remains in the shadow of the maze.

Family is not an important thing, it is everything… feel consecrated that you belong to a unique, unusual and exceptional family and that effect only promises to reward individuality and character on each and everyone.

This holiday season I wish for all the joy of family, that foundation and core strength of peace, serenity and love.    

November 28, 2011                                               Wendi Stevenson Clark

Checkmate - Chapter XIV

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Checkmate - Chapter XIII

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Wendi Stevenson Clark

Sunday's Gift

Today would be a wonderful day not to take life so seriously.

Today may end up the way you prefer - and it may not.

Happiness is not about being a winner - it's about being gentle with life -

 being gentle with yourself.

Let life be a dance, and choose the kind of dance you want for today - perhaps a gentle loving dance.

- Jonathan Lockwood Huie

Did You Hear The Laughter from the Gods

when listening with delight to the beauty of Children
         …it makes the heart too big for the body

While we try to teach our children all about life, Our children teach us what life is all about.                                                                                                                                      Angela Schwindt

It's funny how God uses simple people to do great things...                        Whitney, age 16

It does not matter how much money a family has.   If there is a lot of love in a home,  that family is richer than any millionaire could ever be....     Elana, age 15                                                                                             

If you give your enemy a second chance, she might turn out to be your best friend...Meghann, age 13

You can't catch a hard baseball in your mouth...    Joseph,  age 10

Youth is a perpetual intoxication; it is a fever of the mind...     François Duc de la Rochefoucauld

It is OK to fail, but  it  is not OK to give up...      Kate, age 8   
                    

You should always try, even when you don't think it will help...       Jennifer, age 11

 

The color of people shouldn't matter...    Somer, age 10

                                                                                              

I should always try my best. If I don't succeed, then at least I will feel good about myself...  Laura, age 16

Life is hard no matter how old you are. ..   Rosalinda,  age 13

People are quick to condemn you for the things you've done, but they'll never give you credit for all the times you resisted temptation...     Heather, age 16  

                                                                                                      

Sometimes the most loving answer is no...    Leslie, age 12                                                                           

Nothing hurts more than guilt...    Jessica, age 12                                                                                                         

You should be careful around those younger than you.

It is surprising how much of an impact a word or action can make on them...  Sarah, age 12

                                                                                                                                                                          

Someone is always better than you in one thing, but you are better than them in another. Alecia, age 12

Trust is the most valuable thing  you'll  ever  earn...     Susanna, age 17      

                                                                                       
You will never be happy if all you do is think about all the things you don't have.   Christy, age 17

 

It's good to receive compliments, and it's even better to give them...  Aaron, age 17

You never know how loud you are until you have to be quiet...           Sarena, age 10

You should never jump out of a tree using trash bags as parachutes...    April, age 10 

Simply saying, "I believe in you" can make someone's day...   Mary, age 16

                                                          

A pen and paper are all  you need to create a new world...    Michelle, age 13

When you pray, you get a happy feeling inside like God just walked into your heart

and is warming himself at a cozy fire...      Charles, age 16

                                                                                                                                                                                          

The more mistakes I make, the smarter I get...    Jennifer, age 13                                        

Simply saying, "I believe in you" can make someone's day...    Mary, age 16

The greatest teacher is not the one who talks all the time, but the one who listens... Lauren, age 14

The art of communication is not what you can hear being said

from the other person's mouth, but what you can feel from his heart and see in his eyes...  Leah, age 15

Children make you want to start life over...     Muhammad Ali

Treat the earth well: it was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned

 to you by your children. We do not inherit the Earth from our Ancestors,

 we borrow it from our Children...                    Indian Proverb

Reference:  Wit & Wisdom by H. Jackson Brown, Jr      American Indian Quotes & Thoughts                             

Thanksgiving Day Wishes

Never forget that the highest gratitude is not to just utter words of thanks, but to live by them,

           This weekend, we will gather in good cheer, expressing our gratitude for good harvests and all other good fortunes,

But remember those who may be too tired to say thank you,  gift them of yourself, gift a Smile...

Give them a smile of yours,  no one needs a smile as much as those who feel they have no more to give.

Wendi Stevenson Clark