Christmas Newsletter 2014 "In Him was life, and the life was the Light of men. The Light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it." John 1:4-5 Merry Christmas from the Wallen Family From Tom From one year to the next, I anticipate some routine to emerge in my life. Yet, it does not come. This year was no different. I am again reminded how important it is to be with family. Time seems so short because it passes by quickly. One day I have four of my grandchildren living a few minutes away and the next day they are living in another state. I wake one morning and my son is in harm’s way in Afghanistan and 6 months later he is back in the states and engaged to be married. I go to sleep one day and before I wake, I am blessed with my seventh grandchild. (Calem Thomas Gray has the score getting close again – 4 girls, 3 boys.) As you read...