Season 4 Episode 17 - Merry Christmas - The Greatest Gift Ever Received

<p><strong>Season 4</strong></p> <p><strong>Episode 17</strong></p> <p><strong>The Best Christmas Gift Ever</strong></p> <p><strong>Finding Blessings When You’re All Alone</strong></p> <p>Hello Everyone. Sidney St. James. I am recording a memory that I had when I was five years old. Yep, there’s something about times in our later years that Christmastime has a way to bring out some of those memories that have been buried for years. Today is one of those memories.</p> <p>Recently, I began reflecting on a time in my life I hadn’t thought about in a while.</p> <p>I began remembering the time when I was five years old and staying with my GRANDMA AND GRANDPA, better known as Grandma Ada and Pop Nelson, because my dad and mom needed some away time from the kids. We were dropped off near Evelyn, Louisiana outside of Coushatta and my parents went on their way.</p> <p>Having the opportunity to stay with my grandma and grandpa for a little while was a treat because they lived in an area out in the country near sugar cane fields, corn stalks and lots of places to go fishing.</p> <p>That Christmas she ended up being longer than she had intended because my father insisted that they extend their vacation.</p> <p><strong>This would be the first time in my five years that I would be without my mom for Christmas. Of course, as any child would, I cried over it a bit, and eventually was assured that everything would work itself out.</strong></p> --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/sidneystjames/message