Synopsis These stories were written over a span of fourteen years. 'My Friends and Me is about the friendship amongst an odd group of two children and an adult. 'Dad and the Salesman tells of a pompous father, his exasperated daughters and their encounter with a vacuum clearner salesman'.'A Christmas Story describes the cheapening of a most sacred day by the apathy of modern Christians.''The tumultuous long-distance romance of a cross cultural couple is described in Love Letters. 'Family Matters' is about how a quiet and dignified family is shaken by the temporary stay of an over enthusiastic daughter-in-lw.