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My Shining Son

I had thought about not putting up our tree this year but I started it a few days ago and small miracles are happening. Or is any miracle small? Yesterday, the very day, I went to the basement to bring up the boxes of ornaments I touched droplets of water. Further investigation revealed several boxes were being soaked with water. Yesterday's rain fell into a chimney vent, into the fireplace, through the floor to the Christmas boxes in the basement below. If I hadn't have gone to the basement right at the very minute I went this 39- year-old paper Santa ornament, Chris made in kindergarten would have been ruined. So it is a miracle Santa lives on reminding me of my Shining Son and the JOY we celebrated with him and his family when he was named Director of the Loyal Jones Appalachian Center of Berea College in August of this year. www.berea.edu/appalachian-center/chris-green/. And to be fair to my dear darling daughter she finished her first year as a Board Certified Applied Behavior Analyst. Last year she graduated with her Master's degree at the TOP of her class. And if Chris is my shining son then she is my shining star. My children have always been the lights and delights of my life. I am so proud to be their mother.
I am learning or being reminded that as one door closes another opens. And what seems like a tragedy, though sad, can be a miracle in disguise. Merry Christmas everyone. Thank you sooooooo very much for all the love and kindness many of you have shown me over the last four months.

Taken on: December 21, 2012

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Camera: Canon EOS REBEL T2i, f/8.0, 1/25 sec, 55mm, ISO 3200 (more info) (hide info)

Camera:	Canon EOS REBEL T2i
Aperture:	f/8.0
Exposure Time:	0.04 sec (1/25)
Focal Length:	55mm
ISO:	3200
Exposure Bias:	0 EV
Flash:	Off, Did not fire
Exposure Program:	Aperture-priority AE
Exposure Mode:	Auto
Metering Mode:	Multi-segment
White Balance:	Manual
Color Space:	sRGB
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