Helping Hands discussion

Some of you have already shared different things that you and/or your family do during this season. Now we have a thread of it's own.

I would love to know about some of your traditions. It is interesting to hear of others' traditions and maybe want to implement them, also.

by Jason F. Wright

Where had it come from? Whose money was it? Was I to spend it? Save it? Pass it on to someone more needy? Above all else, why was I chosen? Certainly there were others, countless others, more needy than me...

Her reporter's intuition insisted that a remarkable story was on the verge of the front page.

Newspaper reporter Hope Jensen uncovers the remarkable secret behind the "Christmas Jars", glass jars filled with coins and bills anonymously left for people in need. But along the way, Hope discovers much more than the origin of the jars. When some unexpected news sets off a chain reaction of kindness, Hope's greatest Christmas Eve wish comes true.

Christmas Jars

I would not only like to read this book, but the idea is one which I might like to implement myself.

We usually go to downtown Honolulu to see the City Lights, and we usually go to Kaneohe to see the lights displayed there. Nothing so traditional, though.

Lights are always beautiful, though!

After I posted the above, I remembered when I was younger and going to my grandmother's house, my paternal grandmother and celebrating Christmas and opening gifts in front of his 13 brothers and sisters and their families. After awhile, they decided not to do it, because it would leave people 'Bankrupt", I remember them using that word. I have fond memories of getting together with my cousins and just being together during the holidays, it didn't matter what we did, just being together was all that mattered. That is really what I am missing this year.

I know how you feel. As I have grown older, I come to value family and true friend relationships more and more. They are indeed what matters most. More than any tangible gift.

Not something that can be bought from a store. Just someone to talk to and share ideas with.