A Christmas to Forget - Part 4 (Conclusion) As he left the shop to head home, Silas noticed that the snow had arrived ahead of schedule.  Everything was white.  It was quite beautiful, and he thought about how everything looked fresh and bright under the cover of white.  He drove slowly out of caution, but […]

A Christmas to Forget - Part 3 Silas had barely finished his turkey sandwich when the heard the doorbell ring.   It wasn’t a doorbell in today’s sense of the word.  Rather, it was simply a little brass bell hanging by a string just inside the door.  Silas wondered again why anyone would want an electronic […]

A Christmas to Forget - Part 2   Silas turned into his driveway, pressed the garage door opener, but didn’t pull into the garage.   He stared straight ahead.  “You gettin’ out or not?” Emmett sighed, opened the passenger door and exited the car.  He walked around the tall fence between their houses and disappeared from […]

A Christmas to Forget - Part 1 The cold wind caught the old gentleman by surprise as he stepped outside of his small toy and gift store.  The temperature must have dropped thirty degrees since he had arrived at work this morning.  Welcome to winter in north Alabama.  He had not gone out for lunch […]