Christmas List

nvbroncrider":1rkhnxau said:
Or for me a M70 CRF LA std bolt face action. A Micky A3. A 26" 6mm barrel.
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Amen brother, except I would want mine in a sporter contour laminate stock that has been pillar and glass bedded, and maybe one in a 280 Remington as well! :oops: :roll: :shock:

The above list would be great, but I think I really want my wife to start feeling better. Poor thing has battled an ear infection since last January and after numerous rounds of antibiotics that never made it better, her ear drum ruptured. More medicine that did not work and the ear drum completely went away. She had surgery to graft a new ear drum and it did not heal properly and is off center. She only has about 50% of the hearing in her one ear now. She may have to have another surgery but is getting a second opinion first by visiting a clinic in Phoenix over Christmas, and to see her parents. My son and Jennifer will be going down. I am supposed to go but other folks have the time off already so I might the lone soldier here this year.

If I could be a bit selfish and ask for something for me, it would be that I could find it just a bit easier to give myself some grace, and not be so hard on myself about my son Jeremiah. It's been just over six years now that our little angel was taken from us and I've been having a pretty hard time as of late. Getting out for a few days on the deer hunt was a real blessing as I almost did not go. I just was not sure if I could. It always feels good to get out in the mountains.

Maybe some special blessings for all the great people on this forum as well and that they each have time with their family and friends this year.

David
 
Africa Huntress":kw9t2wt2 said:
Scotty, I would be happy if our daughters, my husband and I were all on the same continent at the same time. I am also attempting to negotiate the purchase of a flat-side 1866 Winchester/Henry for Jerry, for his collection, which I was hoping to surprise him with at Christmas, but it is not going well.

I also would be happy if all you guys got the gun you have wished for on this thread--
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I hope you guys are all together Aleena at Christmas and are safe and warm.
David
 
If I wasn't predisposed with a toy I have lined up (details to come...) I would be all over that Winchester from Cabela's, so I figured one of you guys would be able to give it a good home
 
6mm,

For the record, I must say that I also will ask Santa (and the Almighty) that a special blessing be added for your wife this holiday season.
 
Kodiak":36m9k3iu said:
6mm,

For the record, I must say that I also will ask Santa (and the Almighty) that a special blessing be added for your wife this holiday season.
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Thank you.
 
6mm Remington":2aksbcle said:
If I could be a bit selfish and ask for something for me, it would be that I could find it just a bit easier to give myself some grace, and not be so hard on myself about my son Jeremiah. It's been just over six years now that our little angel was taken from us and I've been having a pretty hard time as of late. Getting out for a few days on the deer hunt was a real blessing as I almost did not go. I just was not sure if I could. It always feels good to get out in the mountains.

Maybe some special blessings for all the great people on this forum as well and that they each have time with their family and friends this year.

David
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I hope your wife is feeling better David and they take care of her ear infection.

I wish you the best of times buddy. I can't imagine how tough it is.
 
As long as we are talking about Christmas, I would like to see my two youngest children, whom I have not seen nor heard form for at least 5 years. These children whom I spent my entire 401-k (>$340,000.) educating in Ivy League schools (Cornell and Tufts) have rebuffed me and I do not have any idea why? I do not mind being impoverished by my children if they appreciate the sacrifice and care. As they approached college graduation, they stopped speaking to me. I have not heard from them since I got very sick with TB and NH Lymphoma (lung cancer) about 5 years ago.

Apparently all of this is based on a series of misrepresentations and assassination character, denigration of my professional life's work and my moral character through lies imprinted into them over many years by my bipolar, and vindictive ex wife while I was working overseas, in order to make enough money to educate these children as I had promised. I held up my part of the bargain and have not seen or heard from them since.

One of them works as an executive for an HR firm on Wall Street and the other is a U Penn graduate (Law doc) now practicing as an Associate Lawyer in a large New York City law firm. I have never been able to get either one of them to contact me, let alone tell me what the problem is, or what I have supposedly done so wrongly and why I deserve this treatment?

If I was to get a Christmas present it would be a visit from these two children and an explanation of why I have been isolated as I have by them! Just a thought from a lonely and disabled old man who does not understand why he is being treated so shabily.
 
I hope you get your wish Charlie!!!!!!!!!!!!!

You too David!
 
Dr. Mike, David, Scotty, BK-----thank you

Charlie. trust me they know what you did for them and there will be a time when they will wish they had acted different and had done the right thing instead of what someone else wanted them to do. It is sad and it hurts, but you can hold your head high as you gave them an education, and a good one. God bless charlie

David, I hope your wife feels better real soon. I am also very sorry about your loss and I can certainly understand the difficulty in getting through the loss of a child. God bless David
 
David and Charlie, both (and others)...I can relate to these things, and I'll be sure to mention you both (and others) in my prayers. I know how brutal some events in life can be as I have experienced some of the tough ones myself. I also know how blessed I remain in spite of the losses. All that I have will one day be taken from me...I understand this is the plan, but I am thankful for what I have in the meantime. But when it's all gone I'll be given the ultimate of gifts that will last forever and this is what keeps me going.

I hope everyone can remember what the season is all about and keep that in mind. Doing so is like looking at the season through a lense that makes the experience of gift giving and receiving richer.

Being human as everyone else (I think! :mrgreen: ), I can think of a few items I would like to receive as gifts. I won't be holding my breath, though.

Merry Christmas to all.
 
OldTrader,

I really hope your kids get back to you and all history is forgotten. You spent time downrange (overseas) ensuring the would be able to get where they are today. I have not had the best realtionship with my parents, but going through MCRD Parris Island made me realize how important family is; all past was forgiven and I talk to them daily ensuring I am fine and making it work on my own, and thanking them for putting up with all my B.S. through the years and for making sure I grew up to be the man I am today.

I really hope you get your Christmas wish and hear from them. And the same to everyone else here.

-A.J.
 
Thank you all for the support. I do hope that things change some day. In the meantime, I have a lovely wife and her family to give me solace.
 
Charlie I hope they too understand and start to realize how you provided for them and how blessed they have been. I hope it turns around for you and your family.
 
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