A Christmas First For Me,
My son-in-law saw a flyer for an old fashioned Christmas parade in downtown Tehachapi. Tehachapi is in a valley surrounded by mountains. At this time of the year it is cold. I was excited and joined in with a "Yes! Let's go". The day came for the parade and I was ready to go into town at noon. 'No', I was told, it is not until the end of the day at 5pm. That's good, I can do that. Now something I have not told you was that all I brought with me was a knitted poncho for a coat. I had a hoodie, so I decided that would be enough, after all it was 47 degrees and the sun was nice as we left. My daughter was on the cell and was not paying attention. We got into town, the streets were busy as people began choosing the site they wanted to sit at to watch the parade. Everyone had parkas, blankets, hats, gloves, I began to ponder the situation. The sun was setting, the wind was "breezy". I began to get cold. It...