She immediately said, ‘Yes,’ but insisted that we would have to wait a year so that we could be married on Christmas Day.”
This time there were more than a couple of tears that I had to wipe away before I could continue. I know that the magic of Christmas will soon be behind me. Desi xxx I’m not getting any younger, and time marches on– or at my age, gallops on. sort of.”
Molly took the box from him and said, “Grandma told me about sending the letters to Santa in the smoke when she was a little girl.”
She then took a piece of paper out of the box and said, “I won’t read this to you, but when you see the gift, you’ll probably guess what it says.”
She reached into the box again and held up a wooden paddle a little over a foot long. So, one way or another, this is our last family Christmas at home.
