A little over a week ago I was talking with Jack, it was actually about my lesson on the birth of the Savior. Anyhow, we were discussing Christmas Traditions and one of the things we talked about was sending the fudge to the missionaries in the Scottsdale Mission with President and Sister Sweeney. We decided that it was a good thing and that we should do it again this year. We made the fudge and today I wrapped it up and we shipped it out. We'll have one more Christmas with President and Sister Sweeney at the helm of the Arizona Scottsdale Mission and we can make this a tradition and send fudge to them again next year. We will most likely do so. After that we may need to figure out where else to send the fudge, what other mission will we have ties to?
We know that it isn't much and we could probably come up with something more meaningful but fudge is something Fontano's do, especially at Christmas. It is meaningful to us because it allows us to give something. We don't do a lot of receiving at Christmas by way of toys and the commercial stuff. We do receive a lot of goodies from neighbors and friends and that is wonderful. The kids however, know that things are tight and there isn't much coming. Sometimes our best gifts to ourselves come because we look at giving something to someone else and we forget about what we want. I am grateful for those opportunities. Making them a tradition? I think it is a good thing.
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