Dear Rocky River Resident,

I would like to wish you and yours a heartfelt Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

I would also like to thank you for your kindness, patience and support - this past year.

Once again we recall at Christmas the gifts that God has blessed and given us.  Our Family, Our Home, The United States Of America, Each Other and His Only Son!

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year, to my wife Barb and my children Brian, Molly and Megan, my sister Louise, my brother Michael and to all of my family members.  

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - to you John, Ron, Steve, Judy, Bob, Patty, Sean, To My Bus Driver and to all of my friends, supporters and to my fellow co-workers.  You have given me the valuable gift of hope and strength.  God Bless You!  May I one day be as giving!

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year - to our community in which - we are never alone, are those that care, and are those willing to lend a hand. 

I wish Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to our brave men and women who serve us in a heroic way.  They are both in the military and non-military (police and fire departments).  Everyday they put on their uniform of bravery, conviction and service - and for whom?  For us!  I Thank Them.  I Thank You Especially Ron for putting your life on the line everyday for your fellow man as a policeman - God Bless You and God Bless Your Beautiful Family!  Dear Reader, please keep all who protect us in your thoughts and prayers!

“I Thank God for Blessing and Giving Us - Our Family and Each Other - to support, to share with, to serve and to care for.  God Bless and Keep us all safe in Your Loving Hands.

I Thank God for Blessing our Home - The United States of America - for the good it stands for ... Compassion, Courage, Peace, Freedom, Our Practice of Democracy and Our Beloved U.S. Constitution.   I Pray To You God, That Our Great Country, always seeks the care and protection of each individual American and for people who peacefully come to visit our Country. 

I also Pray To God that He gives us “His Courage and His Light – The Light That Came Into The World – His Son Jesus.”   So we as American Citizens may be able to see and root  out all that may be bad in our Country ... and that may hurt our Country and our Fellow Citizens - and that we may also equally promote and support what is good for us all. 

Finally, Lord, hold both our military and non-military personnel in Your Loving Hands.  Protect them as they protect us.  Bless them and their families for the selfless acts they perform for us in our time of need.  I ask this in the Name Of Jesus, Our Lord and Savior.  Amen.”

On A Special Night - A Child Gave Us The Gift of Courage To Dream and Hope – The Gift of Peace, Joy, Wonderment, Goodness, Love and Everlasting Life.  Just Trust Him … It Is Yours.

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!