Reid is my daugher Alysha's boyfriend.  He comes bearing gifts.  An ornament for the tree from Denmark where he was studying abroad.  And this poem that he wrote last night on his way to see The Elf musical.

I come to Seattle, walkin' down Pike
I hear the sound of silence, that's the Velvet Hammer strike
She's a charged pack of power in an unikely form
A tiny little mama whose heart has only warm
Don't let that fool you if you're an opponent of hers
Her soft little voice is safe as Mountain Lion purrs
And...that's not all please don't get me wrong
She raised her girls like herself
so that's four women strong