Holiday Cheer

mirth · December 01, 2013, 09:44:16 AM

Thought it might be nice to have a thread where we can share some of the good things happening this time of the year. Can be anything you like - a personal story, something you read in the news, like this:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/on-faith/pope-ramps-up-charity-office-to-be-near-poor-sick/2013/11/29/ac9cd9a6-58d0-11e3-bdbf-097ab2a3dc2b_story.html?tid=auto_complete

Gusington · December 01, 2013, 10:30:18 AM

You big softie.

mirth · December 01, 2013, 10:32:56 AM

Quote from: Gusington on December 01, 2013, 10:30:18 AM
You big softie.

don't let it get out. I have my rep as a jackass to maintain.

Gusington · December 01, 2013, 10:44:48 AM

I think it's secure :)

LongBlade · December 01, 2013, 11:05:42 AM

Hmmm.

We lost my mom a year ago last summer to cancer.

This year my dad has a new girlfriend. Both came to visit for Thanksgiving. My wife's parents both came, too, and everyone got along swimmingly. On the scale of one to zombie apocalypse, that mix had the potential to be bad, but things went great. Couldn't be happier.

mirth · December 01, 2013, 01:19:34 PM

Quote from: LongBlade on December 01, 2013, 11:05:42 AM
Hmmm.

We lost my mom a year ago last summer to cancer.

This year my dad has a new girlfriend. Both came to visit for Thanksgiving. My wife's parents both came, too, and everyone got along swimmingly. On the scale of one to zombie apocalypse, that mix had the potential to be bad, but things went great. Couldn't be happier.

Glad it worked out, LB. It's always nice when family gets along. Rare, but nice.

Martok · December 01, 2013, 01:50:33 PM

Great idea for a thread mirth!

Quote from: LongBlade on December 01, 2013, 11:05:42 AM
Hmmm.

We lost my mom a year ago last summer to cancer.

This year my dad has a new girlfriend. Both came to visit for Thanksgiving. My wife's parents both came, too, and everyone got along swimmingly. On the scale of one to zombie apocalypse, that mix had the potential to be bad, but things went great. Couldn't be happier.

Awesome-sauce, LB. I know well how perilous a situation that can be, so I'm very glad/relieved it worked out.

My folks have been divorced for the better part of a decade. After several years of mutual (albeit modest) acrimony, they've finally started getting along to the point that in the last year, my mom has had my dad, paternal grandmother, and my aunt (my dad's sister) to her place for a couple holiday dinners; in turn, she came to my grandmother's place this past Thursday for Thanksgiving...and everyone had a good time. :)

Gusington · December 01, 2013, 07:29:55 PM

^Good stories above, it is good to see things like that work out on occasion.

My own family is pretty f'd up so I embrace the more normal side of The Wife's family, including living in their basement.

LongBlade · December 16, 2013, 11:09:17 AM

Got another one for all y'all.

QuoteAn NYPD officer is being credited with offering some Christmas kindness to a freezing homeless man by literally giving him the shirt off his back.

The New York Post reports Officer Carlos Ramos, 29, was tasked with searching for suspicious packages or activity on Manhattan's East Side Friday morning when he encountered a shivering Robert William.

At the time, William was reportedly sitting barefoot on the sidewalk and trying to rip his shirt in half to wrap -- and warm -- his feet. William had removed his boots after getting them wet on a morning with sub-30-degree temperatures.

source: http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/12/15/nypd-officer-gives-freezing-homeless-man-shirt-off-his-back/