Merry Christmas to family and
friends!
Each
passing year becomes more like a blink.
The years become smaller and smaller fractions of the time that I’ve
been around. Time flies. Some things change.
Coleman is in tenth grade this Christmas. He
still enjoys golf, Jazz band, and Knowledge Bowl. He continues to knock down the great grades. Coleman was away from home quite a bit this
summer. One week away with the Boy
Scouts and one week away at church camp.
He’s lucky enough to have an aunt that took him on a trip to San
Francisco. He made his annual pilgrimage
to the Minnesota State Fair with his uncles.
He came back from each trip taller. While some things remain the same, some things
change. We talk more these days about
life after high school. We experiment
with greater degrees of independence.
He’s learning to drive. I look up
to him now.
Deb
is still working at Herberger’s. She
still gets a lot done at church. She
still manages our household. Coleman and
I would still be lost without her. Deb
continues to do many crafts, repurposing many things. She tended another flower garden this summer. Since my last report, Deb did a bit of
remodeling in our basement. In went an
egress window and a hallway. The laundry
machines went from the bathroom to the boiler room. New tiling all over. While some things remain the same, some
things change. Deb has been putting in
more hours at Herberger’s this year. She
finds time to help more people with their shopping.
I’m
still helping people with their computers and other technology. I still help out at church. I still try to catch fish and hopefully share
them with others. While some things
remain the same, some things change. I’m
now working in Melrose, MN at Leedstone, Inc. (formerly Stearns Vet Outlet –
think “We Do Cows”). I’m still working
with technology, but in different ways.
One
thing that hasn’t changed is the reason for the season. Let us all remember to keep Christ in
Christmas.
Happy New Year! – The Cody’s
