Be safe, be kind, be here in the new year
Kerri Thoreson
Here’s to all of the public safety first responders, dispatchers, retail clerks, hospitality workers, delivery people, medical care providers and everyone who will be on duty through New Year's weekend and have spent the last week dealing with shoppers, revelers and the public in general. Take a bow, you’re the unsung heroes of the holidays.
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Such is life that times of sadness are buffered by joyful occasions and reasons to gather with family. 2023 was all of that for ours. The abrupt loss of my little brother in January was hard. The late summer wedding of our oldest grandson was truly a celebration. Two months later the matriarch of our family, my mother, passed quietly and peacefully into the arms of Jesus.
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