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MISSING THAT MISTLETOE
B. Lee Coyne, ATMS
Last Christmas my dear wife Carmela, also a Yes, old St. Nick must dress properly for the
longtime Toastmaster leader, passed away from sleigh ride. His suit must be well suited to engage
dementia. She had once been an area governor in the art of chimney transit. And his bag of
in suburban Salem. Carmela actually died goodies has to be adequately light enough so that
on Christmas Day. Her TLC is sadly missed, the poor deer are not destined to the Emergency
mistletoe and all. Room for hernia treatment. Every Toastmaster
All of us must sustain losses along life’s speech and evaluation made likewise requires
meandering trail. Yet we also can choose to be Plans A and B as a backup not to falter. Christmas
resilient and let the past propel the present. Santa’s Season is an ideal time to shine out.
sleigh does not go on its own. It requires eight hearty Your audience probably won’t garner you with
reindeer all pulling in the very same direction. kisses precisely. But the equivalent shall come
That world trek entails a roadmap lest Mr. Claus in resounding applause.
wind up in the Lost & Found Department. Merry Communications everyone. . .
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