Just darn bad luck

Christmas is such a wonderful holiday. Most of us get to spend a little time with family and loved ones. We get to step out of the daily life of stress, reality of debt, sickness, and hardships and sit for a while in the warm room of happiness, joy and love.

Sometimes, fate leaves the door open to that beautiful room and reality slips in like smoke leaves the chimney. The reality is no room or family is immune to bad luck, during Christmas or any other day for that matter.

Life can sure be unfair.

One minute you are worrying about not getting the two elderly neighbor ladies any cookies, and th...