![]() ![]() You will have to read the book to understand the relevance of this quote. The Line – ”We’re not falling apart we’re just chipped a little bit.” ![]() The 13th Gift: A True Story of a Christmas Miracle, a memoir was popping up everywhere and somehow popped right into my hands. The Hook - I try to read at least one new Christmas themed story each year. It is something we yearn to see this time of year, especially in the world we live in today. There is so much potential for goodness in man. Ultimately, this is a book about offering kindness and compassion to those who are hurting. It is also about love, hope, inspiration, and the rebuilding of family. This is a story of profound loss, grief, hopelessness, and family breakdown. The last chapter, titled the 13th gift, is an epilogue written 15 years after that remarkable Christmas when the author is finally able to finish the story-a perfect ending. Not until little gifts and notes set to the theme of The Twelve Days of Christmas began to show up on their doorstep do they begin to feel the possibility of healing. Only her 10-year-old daughter Megan, mature for her years, wants to celebrate Christmas. The wife/mom/author Joanne Huist Smith is having a hard time gathering any Christmas spirit (or spirit for much of anything) as are her two sons, aged 12 and 17. The 13th Gift is actually a nonfiction story about a family falling apart after the husband/dad suddenly dies a couple of months before Christmas. ![]() Christmas is still over a month away, but I needed a “feel good” fix, and this one fit the bill nicely. ![]()
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