RE: A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: Jim Sharkey [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > How is it that your six-year-old is so much wiser than most > of the adults I know? Do we just lose that simple insight > somewhere along the way? Beats the heck out of me! And I'm her Dad! At some point, I guess we all get sucked into the c

RE: A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-27 Thread Horn, John
> From: J. van Baardwijk [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > In light of the recent upheaval over posting off-list stuff > on-list: did > your daughter give you permission to post a transcript of > that private > conversation on-list? No. But her legal guardian did! - jmh __

Re: A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-27 Thread J. van Baardwijk
At 16:44 25-12-2002 -0600, John Horn wrote: Last night I was putting my six year old daughter, Laura, to bed. After reading "The Grinch" and "Santa Cows", we turned out the light and snuggled up together in bed. We then had the following conversation: In light of the recent upheaval over post

RE: A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-26 Thread Jim Sharkey
John Horn wrote: >Last night I was putting my six year old daughter, Laura, to bed. >Laura: "I don't care about getting stuff. That's just things we >want. What's best is seeing family we don't normally get to see. >And spending time with our family. We don't get to do that >enough." Ho

Re: A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-25 Thread Doug Pensinger
Horn, John wrote: Last night I was putting my six year old daughter, Laura, to bed. After reading "The Grinch" and "Santa Cows", we turned out the light and snuggled up together in bed. We then had the following conversation: Laura: "Dad, do you know what I like best about Christmas? John:

A Christmas Thought...

2002-12-25 Thread Horn, John
Last night I was putting my six year old daughter, Laura, to bed. After reading "The Grinch" and "Santa Cows", we turned out the light and snuggled up together in bed. We then had the following conversation: Laura: "Dad, do you know what I like best about Christmas? John: "No, what?" Laura: