Respect Your Beliefs; Respect My Beliefs

Don just brought in our mail and there were 10 Christmas cards delivered today. I was so excited because I do love hearing from all my family and friends. When I opened them, I realized that I had 9 Christmas cards and 1 holiday card that was the most offensive card I have ever received. I am now trying to get over hurt feelings and just forget the incidence. One of our friends who lived in Panama when we did passed away about 2 years ago and he and Don had always sent Christmas cards. His wife is very different to say the least but I wanted to send her a card. This year, most of the cards I mailed was a Christmas letter including a little well wishes, a brief mention of each of our 4 children and our 8 grandchildren, nothing really deep (ie, marriage of our oldest granddaughter; military service of one grandson, etc. but nothing offensive to the reader). We had always sent Bill one of these letters and he always responded in kind. Not his wife, however. She sent a holiday card with a note that she was not related to me, was not interested in any of my family business, was offended because I closed with God bless everyone in '08 (She said I need not wear my religion on my sleeve, that she didn't want me unloading any of my beliefs or anything else on her). Then closed by saying, she was writing with her freedom of the pen (as if I didn't have that same freedom) then, she signed her name and stated that I wrote well and should publish in a magazine. Now, you may think this was all done out of sadness over her loss, but we have other information which I am not including here. I do feel sorry for her. The best thing she could have done was not to read the insert but just throw it away. I hope that you don't receive any such correspondence to put a damper on your Christmas. She is welcome to consider this a holiday; she is welcome to express her opinion; and, she is welcome to respond in any way she wishes (Kindness in doing so would be appreciated, however) . I respect her beliefs (now that I know them) but respect is due to all.