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It came upon a midnight clear that glorious song of old…

Oh… sorry, I was just thinking of some of the Christmas songs as I thought about some of the best things that have happened over the last couple of years and it came to me that things are always looking better and brighter as the new year comes closer.

Yes, there were some bad things this year, but I can’t help but cast my eyes toward that horizon and look for the better things.

For example, one of the things that has everyone in an obvious uproar is the problems with The Second Season of Quantum Leap on DVD. At first, I was somewhat up in the air on the topic; however, after watching / hearing (thank you, Brian) the music that they (Universal – I hope) had put on the show, it’s a definite disappointment.

What could possibly be seen as a shining better and brighter thing ahead – you may ask?

I see a few things.

Number One:

The televised movie coming out is on the horizon and thankfully that is something that we can look forward to with some hope that with Don at the helm that it will be exactly what the Quantum Leap fans are looking for.

Number Two:

The legacy hasn’t been thwarted. Although we are not able to see Quantum Leap the way that we want to, we can at least read about it. The Virtual Seasons is still going strong and it’s getting even wilder. Have you read up on the stories? I would at least take a look and see if there is something different there. Believe me… something’s up.

Number Three:

It seems that we all have a gift that has just been recently been given unto the Quantum Leap Realm. Shane Devon has written, produced and played Sam Beckett in a new Quantum Leap Radio Play called: Gifts. It is most definitely a gift given unto us.

That’s just a few of the things that we are lucky to have ahead of us. We have to keep looking at the brighter side of things. The more we look up and see the greatness around us… the better things will be.

A Leap of A Different Note

I don’t know if everyone knew about this or not.

This past month (around Thanksgiving), my husband was told that his job was moving him back to the same town that we had moved from a year ago. We packed up and we moved back. From Thanksgiving up until Dec. 17^th, I’d been traveling back and forth on the weekends to keep teaching until the end of the semester in San Angelo. I didn’t tell the kids that I was teaching there that I was leaving until the last couple of days. It wasn’t until a few days ago that I realized that I had done the exact same thing that Donald Bellasario had Sam Beckett do.

I leaped into San Angelo last Christmas. Touched children’s life’s and their hearts and taught them what they needed to know. I even received a thank you / miss you letter from one of my students and it wasn’t until I got this email that it really told me how much a teacher can touch a life. I know that I not only made an impact in her life, but in several other students. They even told me so on the last day of school.

A person can make a difference – and you don’t have to be a Quantum Physicist to do it either. *Grin* It just takes four things: a heart, two arms, and a brain.

So, from this heart in Texas to everyone everywhere…

Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year!

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