Your Speakwell Christmas Card Greetings and Grins Christmas greetings from the growing Speakwell family.

In a time of global tumult, never let go of the possibility of peace. For as Emily Dickenson reminded us.

"Hope is the thing with feathers That perches on the soul That sings the tune without the words And never stops at all."

This season we wish you joy, for "To miss the joy is to miss it all."

We wish you peace and serenity. "Speak through the earthquake, wind and fire thou still small voice of calm."

And of course we wish you love, "What can we do with each moment of our life but love till we've loved it away."

When I walk around Stanley Park in Vancouver there are hundreds of benches dedicated to different people. The plaques on those benches give silent testimony to what is important in this world, and the things for which you are valued or remembered. The plaques talk of love, kindness, family, laughter and caring. All the things that make the Christmas season meaningful and magical. We're human beings, not human havings or human doings.

This year I added a plaque dedicated to my new wife Nancy so she now has her own special bench in Stanley Park.