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Posted by
JLoWednesday, December 21, 2011
As Hanukkah is upon us and Christmas just days away I welcome you to get in the holiday spirit by reading Jeffrey's Gift, written by Reeve Foundation Information Specialist Donna Lowich.
"The Christmas tree is soooo much bigger than last year!" Jeffrey sing-songed in five-year-old fashion, dancing around the beautifully wrapped gifts. He turned to me, his chocolate-brown eyes reflecting the tree's blinking lights. "Isn't the tree much bigger and more beautiful than last year's, Mommy?"
"It is a much bigger tree than last year's tree," I agreed. At least that's what I'd been told. Christmas 1985 was not even a memory for me. I had undergone two spinal cord surgeries that year, and I didn't have any recollections of the holiday.
A table-top tree was all my husband, Walter, had been able to manage. He tried to make it festive, but it had been difficult for both of them. But this year I was home, and we anticipated a festive Christmas for 1986.
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