Month: November 2018 | Nancy Lou Henderson

My Bubble Wrapped Tree

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in The Widow's Blog | 8 comments

Well now, I bought a new Artificial Christmas Tree this year and it arrived today. The last two years I have had a chopped down real Christmas tree. The artificial tree I had before the last two years, I purchased many years ago and it was absolutely Beautiful. Meanwhile back to the arrival of my new tree. UPS Dude skid to a stop in front of my house a few hours ago but before I could get to the door from the couch, probably four steps, the Dude set the tree box down in front of my clear glass storm door then literally ran back to the UPS truck. Fat chance he was gonna help me carry it into...

My Mr. Christmas

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Blog | 4 comments

At Thanksgiving each year, memories flood into my mind of the beautiful man I call, Mr. Christmas. My Mr. Christmas was a special person all year long but from Thanksgiving Day until New Year’s Eve Day, he was a shining light in more ways than you can imagine. Let’s just say that the character Clark, played by Chevy Chase, in Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation could have been cloned from my Mr. Christmas. Mr. Christmas spent hours drawing up a diagram of where he wanted to place lights on the outside of our home. The lights were the big old-timey multicolored on green wire...

Where Are His Letters?

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 2 comments

It was hard to keep my mind on my work after Frank left to go back to Vietnam but I knew each day that passed was one less day he had left in Vietnam and the Army. We had now gone past the halfway mark in Frank’s days left in Vietnam which was the main thing on our minds. Frank was right when he said that it would be hard for him to come home then leave again to go back to Vietnam. Our communication through letters was all that we had and when that communication was disrupted, we would both get very upset. I have responded to the following letters with what I recall that I wrote to...

Padlock and Key

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 12 comments

Letters between Frank and I were finally arriving but at a much slower pace. Some of our letters were taking over ten days to reach us and out of order. This made it hard for us to communicate but we were both trying to remain calm until we figure it all out. The greatest thing for me was knowing that Frank was alright, even if he was a little upset with me for writing every day and asking him why he was not writing. Actually, he affirmed to me that his friends would write to me if he was hurt. Frank’s buddies all knew how much we loved each other. Frank was thinking deeply in his...

Disposition Form Letter

Posted by Nancy Lou Henderson in Letters After R&R | 4 comments

I was very worried about Frank and knew his last letter to me was so out of character for him. Frank seemed to have lost all of his inward fight to depression. I prayed that God would touch Frank with His loving hands, pull him out of the depths of depression and mend his body. The next letter Frank typed on a Disposition Form. It shows his resilience and God’s hand in answering my prayers. I will try to put it in here as much like the original as I can but I do not know how to do form letters on the website. This letter was typed so I will not italicize it. DISPOSITION FORM...