The
day after Christmas my husband and I went to a Children's Museum with
our daughter, son-in-law, and little granddaughter. There were two
floors of wonderful exhibits and themed rooms with educational things
for children to do. When my children were little, at Christmas we all
enjoyed watching the delightful Muppet movie, Emmet Otter's Jug-Band
Christmas. My 22 year old angel boy, Graham, even had the DVD of this
movie. One of the displays at the museum reminded me of this
movie - it brought tears to my eyes. There were also some little
animals toasting marshmallows. That was something that Graham liked to
do too. I felt this animated woodland scene that was so like this movie
was a way for Graham to let us know that he was with us enjoying this
special time. Love and family is forever.
Here is the movie on You Tube -
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas
The picture above shows our Christmas decorations; we added the angel
next to our Christmas tree this year. The picture on the right shows a very
special ornament that a friend helped me make. I had mentioned to her
my idea about using some of my feathers from my heavenly feather
collection I have from my son for an ornament. She told me she had a
glass bulb she could give me and suggested adding artificial snow and
iridescent glitter to it along with the feathers. I also wanted to add
something written. I found a sheet of words at a Craft store that had
some words that were perfect. I added the words, "Always &
Forever", with the sparkly red ribbon. That's also the title of one of
my poems. Thank you, Betsy, for your love and compassion and help in
the creation of this lovely ornament that helps to keep Graham close at
Christmas.
The northern Virginia chapter of The Bereaved Parents of the USA had their lovely candle lighting service in honor of our beloved children last night. I read a couple of my poems for this special service. Our precious children, forever loved and remembered.
