A Tiny Bit Of Christmas....

and begging your humble pardon, if you are Jewish. These angels, and a few more, live on my china
cabinet. I only have "special" angels since I got my Christmas Angel 39 years ago, Dec. 21st. I don't collect angels, they seem to collect me. I do, however, collect(or gather) the bottle brush trees. The snow flake angel is from a friend, the seated angel was given to my by one of my grandsons, CJ. It has a special story. DS#2 brought CJ to my house one day in August. It was very close to the anniversary of CJ's brothers death. CJ wanted to put some things on Jacob's grave. He was going on 6 at that time. We had lunch at the local deli and gift shop, Granny's. After we ate, CJ picked out a birthday balloon attached to a pail and shovel, and a small seated angel draped in blue. At the cash register he was told the angel was part of a set and didn't he want all 3 So three is was. He was quiet in the car on the way to the cemetary, and once we were there, my DS was having trouble telling him about Jacob. So I sat down on the grass with him and I asked him if he had questions. He did. Very quietly and gently I told him about Jacob coming into our world, and it being too soon for him to stay. I told him each person that is born, comes for a reason. Some of us are destined to stay a long time, and for others the time is short. I have pictures taken at the hospital, and told him I would share them when he was just a bit older. Sitting there, he put the balloons on the headstome, and then sat with the 3 angels in his lap. After a few minutes, he handed me the one draped in pink, and said he wanted me to have it. He gave the one in blue to Jacob and told me that the one in white was his. It would remind him of both me and of Jacob. So you see, it's a very special angel. The one on the right is ceramic bell. It came to me from a very, very dear friend who lost her life to ALS. She and her sister were both my friends, and I was touched to receive one of Dar's angels.
The larger bottle tree is 5" high, and with base is 7". The small one, which is semi-older, is a 1" tree. With it's base, it's 1.5". I know the minature shops sell this small size now, 4 or 6 in a package, for doll houses. My eye is feeling some better this a.m. The skin on and around the eye is "parched" from temp. and the eye drops. I decided that if I greased it well, with Vasoline, it might not hurt as much, and sure enough, it worked. Some of the redness is gone, but it's still pretty awful looking. Thanks for all your good wishes and prayers, I am grateful...*VBS*