A Healing Experience

My mother died suddenly in her sleep 7 Christmas mornings ago. I didn't really look forward to Christmas much after that. Then, 2 years ago, I went to see the Singing Christmas Tree, a year after my brother committed suicide. I experienced the joyous outpouring of hope and wonder depicted in the children's smiles, the dance and song filled with color and life. This helped me in the healing process to move forward. I went again this year, still reeling from the shock of the atrocity in Newtown, CT. Yet the wonder, the joy in the celebration of Jesus' birth, the Life in knowing Jesus came through once again. Thank you and God bless you.

Marnie, Tacoma, WA

Written in 2012