An Unexpected Message: Change Your Perspective!
With Christmas approaching, there were two songs that I did not want to hear—too painful— “I’ll Be Home for Christmas” and “Christmas in Dixie.” Beginning in late November one of them played on the radio often—too much. “I’ll Be Home for Christmas.” Written in 1943 to honor soldiers who longed to be home for Christmas, the song reminded me personally of my own bittersweet Christmas experience. In 1967 my husband Gerry and I were in Seoul, Korea, where he was…