First, don't get me wrong, I am especially thankful this Christmas for all the blessings in my life. I have an incredible best friend and wife of nearly 25 years, and 3 of the greatest sons a father could ever ask for. What's not to be festive about?
Well, I'm out driving around earlier tonight, and the radio is playing one of those standard-issue favorites, "It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas" and my eyes start to well up. "Why don't I feel like it's Christmas? Is there some kind of Scrooge virus goin' around?"
It certainly didn't help for us to go out to see the new Will Smith flick, "The Pursuit of Happyness." Now granted, it's a really good movie, but of the total 1hr and 56 minutes, nearly all of it is extremely depressing! 
So why all the glum on the eve before the Eve?
It's the first Christmas we've been without our daughter, Emily. She's down in Southern California, and won't be here with us. Her mom is going down to see her on Christmas Day, so there is some solace in the fact that someone will see her, be with her, hold her, love on her.
But I would gladly give up everything under our tree that has a label with my name on it, in exchange for just one minute together this Christmas with my sweet, precious Emily.
Rich Jacobson, Professional Real Estate Agent and Devoted Father in Kitsap County WA
Christmas and she too is in CA and I just can't make a FL-CA trip, I'd gladly give up my gifts and right arm to do so. Try to have a great Christmas tho! 
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