.I noticed this year that the Christmas music played in stores was only secular. I have fond memories of Christmas growing up on the south side of Chicago. Now the once lovely neighborhood is a no go zone. The house that my great grandparents built when they arrived from Norway and Germany is still there, but it would be too dangerous to go down memory lane. The Catholic school and church my Irish mother sent us to are long closed. I have lived to see the decline and destruction of beauty, civility, and the sacred. It is a lost civilization. Once in awhile one finds a gem of an artifact from the past. You Nick are an artifact finder and I thank you for all that you do.
.I noticed this year that the Christmas music played in stores was only secular. I have fond memories of Christmas growing up on the south side of Chicago. Now the once lovely neighborhood is a no go zone. The house that my great grandparents built when they arrived from Norway and Germany is still there, but it would be too dangerous to go down memory lane. The Catholic school and church my Irish mother sent us to are long closed. I have lived to see the decline and destruction of beauty, civility, and the sacred. It is a lost civilization. Once in awhile one finds a gem of an artifact from the past. You Nick are an artifact finder and I thank you for all that you do.
ReplyDeleteThanks for your kind words, but you're breaking my heart!
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