{"id":6822,"date":"2022-12-26T17:20:04","date_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:20:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/?p=6822"},"modified":"2022-12-26T17:23:26","modified_gmt":"2022-12-26T22:23:26","slug":"twas-the-night-before-christmas-grieving-mothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-grieving-mothers\/","title":{"rendered":"Twas The Night Before Christmas &#8211; grieving mothers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-attachment-id=\"6825\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2022\/12\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-grieving-mothers\/sad\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?fit=960%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"960,950\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"sad\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?fit=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?fit=960%2C950&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?resize=242%2C240&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6825\" width=\"242\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?w=960&amp;ssl=1 960w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?resize=300%2C297&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/flymall.org\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/12\/sad.jpg?resize=768%2C760&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 242px) 100vw, 242px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIt was the night before Christmas and Santa was busy making his rounds, he was light on his feet making sure he didn&#8217;t make a sound.<br>But he took notice that some homes didn&#8217;t have that Christmas Glee.so he decided to stop because he thought that just can&#8217;t be.<br>He crept in a mommy&#8217;s bedroom and stopped dead in his steps, as he saw a little angel hugging his mom as she slept<br>The little angel looked up and cried &#8221; oh Santa you are finally here!!\u00a0I&#8217;ve been waiting for you to help me let Mommy know I am near&#8221;.<br>Santa picked up the wee angel and asked him &#8221; What can I do? I&#8217;m just a simple toy maker I can&#8217;t make your mommy&#8217;s dreams come true&#8221;.<br>So the two of them sat and they sat for a while until the tiny angel jumped up and screamed with a smile, .&#8221;let&#8217;s leave her a sign a beautiful sign from above,\u00a0let her know it&#8217;s from me sent from heaven with love&#8221;!!!<br>So Santa dug and he dug deep, in that big glorious bag that was filled with lots of treats .<br>He pulled out a beautiful white feather that look like it was made out of snow. And he thought such a beautiful sign that only a grieving mother would know.<br>He placed it on her nightstand and kissed the angel on his head. Then placed him next to his mom as she slumbered in bed.<br>I think I&#8217;ll stay here with Mommy and visit her in her dreams tonight, she misses me dearly and needs to know I&#8217;m all right.<br>Santa made his way to his sled, and wiped a tear from his eye. He fell to his knees and managed to cry.<br>Merry Christmas to all the grieving mothers across this big land. And let it be known your angels are with you holding your hands&#8230;.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cIt was the night before Christmas and Santa was busy making his rounds, he was light on his feet making sure he didn&#8217;t make a sound.But he took notice that some homes didn&#8217;t have that Christmas Glee.so he decided to stop because he thought that just can&#8217;t be.He crept in a mommy&#8217;s bedroom and stopped [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"spay_email":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p95FsX-1M2","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":830,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/the-night-before-christmas-automotive-style\/","url_meta":{"origin":6822,"position":0},"title":"The Night Before Christmas Automotive Style","date":"December 25, 2012","format":false,"excerpt":"Twas the night before Christmas and out in the garage, There wasn't a trace of a Honda, Ford, or a Dodge. The presents were wrapped and the lights were all lit, So I figured I'd mess with the Chevelle a bit. I popped the release and lifted the hood, When\u2026","rel":"","context":"In &quot;Newsletters&quot;","img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":2892,"url":"https:\/\/flymall.org\/blog\/2018\/12\/twas-the-night-before-christmas-for-the-soldier\/","url_meta":{"origin":6822,"position":1},"title":"Twas the Night Before Christmas for the soldier","date":"December 26, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"A Christmas poem courtesy of Lance Corporal James M. Schmidt: \u00a0 \u2018Twas the night before Christmas, he lived all alone, In a one bedroom house made of plaster and stone. 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