NWARTA 2020 Members’ St Nicholas Greetings
My wish/blessing for you, is to recognize new opportunities during this time of chaos.
When nothing is the same, search for joy in the ordinary of every day through service and giving to others.
Merry Christmas Stay Healthy and safe!
JENNIFER WRZOSEK
Happy St. Nicholas Day to all retirees!
I’m sure all retired teachers have so much admiration for teachers who are finding amazing ways to educate during these trying times.
LIZ FRASER
May God bless your Christmas season with joy and love.
LINDA SCHOFIELD
“May the love and the blessings of the Christmas season continue to be truly visible to you and through you in the year ahead.”
SUE MILLS
“Someday soon we’ll all be together
If the fates allow
Until then we’ll have to muddle through
somehow.
So have yourself a merry little Christmas
now.”
1944 version Judy Garland from Meet Me in St Louis
Have a safe, blessed and merry Christmas.
MARTHA & LEO DAWSON
Who became poor so that we may be rich?
Jesus, the babe in the manger!
He is the REASON
for the SEASON!
May you be blessed with His riches this bleak Christmas season.
MARGARETA PENNER
Despite these uncertain and difficult times we are living through, I wish you & your family joy and peace in sharing the simple moments that are always at the heart of the Christmas season!
May 2021 see brighter, happier times ahead as we begin to anticipate a hopeful and steady return to “normal” life!
Take care & stay safe!
CARMAN SCHERLIE
Although we may not gather in person, we gather still in each other’s hearts and prayers. Merry Christmas everyone; the best is yet to come!
SHANNON CARSON
C Christ was born for you and me
H He is the light by which we see
R Rest in Him, when you are weary
I In His Love with Mother Mary
S Savior so special, born for us
T To Him we pray and pray we must
M Mission for us is love and kindness
S Signs of Wonder everywhere
MERRY CHRISTMAS!
Please take Care!
PAT LEES
Merry Christmas my fellow retirees! 2020 has taken its toll on the world! Though I found it to be a particularly rough year, even beyond the woes of COVID-19, I am hopeful for better days to come.
I am grateful to the teachers who are still practicing. They have shown their amazing adaptability and devotion to their students. … Today’s pupils are in good hands and daily receive the gift of giving from their teachers.
To you, my fellow retirees, I wish the same resilience that working teachers have shown. Let’s reach out to each other for virtual coffee dates and messages of encouragement. This is the gift we can give each other. Let’s post praise and positive comments …
I wish you happiness, family time in person or virtually, and good health! All the best to in 2021!
CHARLENE UNGSTAD
May your Christmas be wonderful even in this COVID season.
Many blessings.
MONIKA CASE
I ask each one to offer help at the Salvation Army kettles and food banks and thus give to others.
LUCILLE PARTINGTON
We know Christmas will not be the same this year, but we hope you will find joy and happiness in different things and places.
We would like the world to come together with the common goal of eliminating hunger. Far too many children in our world go to bed each night without proper nutrition or for that matter, one meal in a day. It’s not right.
Surely humanity can work together and eradicate this terrible problem, bringing hope to all those affected by it in our world.
After all, it is a wonderful world we live in.
God bless,
DAN & CINDY BISHOP
Bless you all this Christmas. Protect your family no matter what it takes.
Remember, we WILL get through this.
GWEN ATKINSON
Go in safety, walk in peace.
AL & DOREEN LAKUSTA
In keeping with my Scottish heritage, I am sending you a toast for the New Year.
Here’s to better times ahead for us all! Wishing you a happy, safe, and healthy 2021!
Cheers,
GAIL SCHAU
May you and yours have a Christmas Season filled with love, laughter and good health.
This year we are cherishing family and friends, those close to us and especially those we haven’t seen in a while. Merry Christmas!
TERESA MOHR
There are two sets of rhyming words in this Dutch ‘St Nicholas’ poem. The translation to English does not rhyme — lol
“Dear St Nicholas,
You are a dear boss,
With a very thick book
And delicious cake”.
WILMA KOERSEN
Season’s Greetings to the NWARTA
executive!
Warmest wishes for faith, hope and peace this Christmas season.
KAREN PATTON
Though this is probably the weirdest Christmas ever, and though we may not be able to gather in numbers the way we usually do, don’t forget to reach out to friends and family in whichever way you can – be it text messaging, email, phone calls, Zoom – and extend warm wishes of the season.
I wish all of you a very merry Christmas and a well-deserved adieu to 2020 with hopes for a better year in 2021!
Sincerely,
MARY-HELEN HOPKINS
“May this beautiful Christmas time bring you many little miracles that will last all year long.”
JEANETTE FORREST
My Christmas wish is for all of us to celebrate our inner strength and embrace the fact there is light at the end of the tunnel.
MAXINE MAXWELL
Christmas wishes for joy and happiness. I wish you good health, along with peace and contentment, both for you and your families.
May the new year bring you new adventures full of fun and laughter.
KHRIS WEEKS
Hello to All my NWARTA Friends ~
May Christmas 2020 be a time of Reflection and a time of Hope. I am personally thankful for social media and my ability to stay connected to my family and friends all around the globe.
I celebrate every day for all the little things that keep me connected and make me smile.
Merry Christmas one and all!
SUSAN K THOMSON
For this HOLIDAY season, I wish you HEALTH, a renewed sense of HAPPINESS and HOPE for a better year to come,
LORNA MCILROY
May the sunshine upon you,
May joy be in your heart,
May the love of family surround you,
And may the Lord guide and protect you.
Take care and be safe,
JOAN GODBOUT
