Merry Christmas!
I hope this has been a blessed year for you, despite the financial climate.
Our kids are doing well. Pam enjoys being a stay-at-home mom with her three kids. Kim still teaches music. Her son, Austin, got his driver’s license this year. Chip likes his teaching job in Italy, and Sherri is happy as an agent in D.C. Kelly made a career change. She now attends the Aveda beauty school in NYC. She loves cutting hair and graduates in January. Now I have my own beautician!
To say this has been an eventful year for Frank and I would be an understatement. Frank’s appointment by the governor as State Police Commissioner last January put a new spin on our lives. Then his statement about the Sandusky case, and the moral responsibility to report abuse whirled like a tornado as his words went national. He did a few interviews, but declined dozens more. Even so, the words he spoke at the press conference were repeated in articles, blogs, on TV, and even in Sports Illustrated. No one was more surprised than Frank. He never suspected that speaking about moral responsibility would hit a nerve with the nation.
There has been some criticism, but for the most part, he has received overwhelming support. The most striking example of how his words have affected others happened last week. A mother of ten drove fourteen hours from Michigan to Harrisburg to shake Frank’s hand. She had reported a crime and been criticized for it. She wanted to thank him, because his words gave her confidence that she had done the right thing.
I pray this Christmas season that we may we all speak life-giving words, as we reflect on the One who spoke everything into existence.
“For unto us a child is born, unto us a son is given:
And the government shall be upon his shoulder:
And his name shall be called Wonderful, Counselor,
The Mighty God, the Everlasting Father, the Prince of Peace
Isaiah 9: 6
