With the holiday season totally upon us today in the mail a Christmas card arrived address to me and my wife Helen. I did not recognize the senders name nor address on the envelope so I asked Helen if she did but she didn’t either.
Helen proceeded to open the envelope and there was a plain Christmas card saying Merry Christmas and peace. It was unsigned. Inside the card was a folded letter addressed to us and it was SO special I had to share it with everyone.
Before you read the letter let me tell you that my son Jason is a professional magician and works nights performing close up table magic at restaurants.
He also does parties and weddings and corporate functions and magic is his life. He started doing magic at age nine and never stopped ever and always said he wanted to be a magician and this is what he is. He is now thirty years old and I can call him a magician.
Now read the letter and this is the best Christmas gift a parent can ever receive.
(Click on letter for larger view)
Dan
www.ventriloquistcentral.com
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Dan Willinger is a ventriloquism enthusiast and ventriloquist figure collector. He has been collecting for over 25 years. He created the Ventriloquist Central Collection. It now has over 100 ventriloquist figures and over 50 of them are Frank Marshall figures. Because of his love for the art of ventriloquism, Mr. Willinger created the website Ventriloquist Central. For more information about the website, go to: http://www.ventriloquistcentral.com
Copyright 2010 by Dan Willinger
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Beautiful. Dan, I’m sure you and Helen are so proud. I’m also sure this brings a tear to the eye of every parent who reads it (as it did mine). Thanks for sharing this wonderful letter.
Dan & Helen…congratulations !…you’ve accomplished what every parent should hope to have produced; a wonderful human being! thanks for the look-see of the letter…I’m sure you’re very proud of Jason!
I echo Keith’s and Bob’s messages. I’m a parent, too. I know how this had to have made you feel. What a lovely Christmas gift.
Dan, your joy aligns with divinely inspired King Solomon’s words in the Old Testament: “The father of the righteous will greatly rejoice, and he who begets a wise child will delight in him.”(Proverbs 23:24) Makes the trials of parenting worth it all; eh, Dan? Enjoy your joy – you’ve earned it God bless, Pastor John in VA