Just back from the Mt. Vernon [Holiday] parade. We hunted around and found our group, (accident on I-5). Tom came and we distributed all hats, lights, etc. Tonya and daughter Evelyn, the Cann’s, Bill, Kveta, John, Wim and his Assault Weapons Ban flag. John and I took either side of the street to pass out our cards, (Tonya and I wore sparkle hats). I would say, "Merry Christmas, this is our organization, thanks so much!”  as I handed out cards and, so often, both John and I were met with, “Oh, we love you!”, or a “Thank You”, or a thumbs up; we had so many thumbs up. Really, it almost moved me to tears. Tom said it was time he came and he wanted to honor whomever it was who signed us up for this event. So, even as I thought that Sunday late afternoons and evenings as a kind of sacrosanct, do-whatever-time, I would not have missed it for the world. Merry Christmas SaSS!!!!!!!!