Eleven years ago we had the family over for X-mas dinner [View all]

The youngest grandson noticed that there was nothing in my Christmas stocking. He was 10. On Christmas day, I found that he had left $1.00 bill in my stocking. At 10 years old, he was not clear on the concept that I could pretty much buy myself anything I wanted for X-Mas. These things don't often occur to 10 year olds. All he knew was that it looked like granpa was getting short shrift so he pulled a dollar out of his wallet and stuck it in my stocking.

Now, I don't know about you but when I was 10, a dollar was a lot of money. I kept that dollar and wrote on it the year and who gave it to me and why.

That grandson turned 21 a few weeks ago. My wife is going to visit him next month and return the dollar.

Are you surprised that this kid votes straight Democratic ticket? Me either.

I don't really know why I am sharing this personal memory at this time but I just need a change from guns and fiscal cliff.