By City Times/Multi Media Channels Publisher Patrick J. Wood

Dear Readers,

This holiday season finds us living in a time famine. We have so much to do in the regular and ordinary circumstances of our lives and not enough time to get it all done.

When you add holiday shopping, events and activities, some of us find ourselves near a fragile and delicate breaking point where a driving incident or just a simple insensitive act pushes us to an edge we have always managed to avoid. So this year, let’s give ourselves some time outs when we think we most need it.

Let’s stop and pause and think about the blessings we share in this wonderful community of ours. And then let’s add in kindness. Any act of kindness goes a long way in relieving the unknown burdens each of us carry.

Let’s spread our good fortune into a goodness that helps translate this holiday season into the best one ever. On behalf of the employees of MMC, we wish you a Merry Christmas and Joyous New Year. We consider it an honor and a privilege to serve you and our community.