Past Christmases with the Famiy

Last Sunday, besides showing pictures of presents, I wrote about being present, mostly alluding to being with the family. Of course, my first thought is of my darling Valerie. But just because she won't be present this year, doesn't mean she still won't be with us. 

 

Okay, enough of that. The other thing that has me thinking about family is that I am still working on my family tree. My sixth great-grandmother, Anna Margaretha Brauer, was born on this date in 1661, and her sixth great-granddaughter was born on this date exactly three hundred years later. Crazy. 

Yes, Val, that is crazy.