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If you are like me, over the years you’ve enjoyed watching the old Christmas movies like, It’s A Wonderful Life, Miracle on 34th Street, A Christmas Story and White Christmas.
What I think is wonderful about all of these movies is that they have an element of healing to them for the heart, mind and spirit within each of us. It’s the time of year that we like to remember that it doesn’t matter what’s happened to us, what matters is what we decide to believe and do about it.
The story I have to share with you today happened for a family during the same time period many of these memorable movies were made.
Reaching out …
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The Gift of Healing
Excerpt from Gifts by the Side of the Road by John Wayne “Jack” Schlatter
Note from Jack: A devastating blow between Grandfather Schlatter and Dad left a void in his heart that he felt would never heal. Then one Christmas Eve …
Dad always wanted to be a doctor. He was even a medic in World War I. But my grandfather insisted he become an engineer. Not wanting to rebel against his father but still following his own dream, Dad carried a double major in engineering and medical science.
One day, his grades arrived home before he did, and my Grandfather, anxious to see his son’s progress, had opened the envelope and became aware of Dad’s plans.
When Dad arrived home, he was greeted by one irate Father. “How dare you disobey me!” my grandfather shouted as he slapped my Dad hard across the face. Dad left home that day, never to return. Shortly thereafter, he went to war, leaving my Mother, with whom he was deeply in love.
My aunts did not like my mother, to whom my father had been devoted since they were nine years old. When Dad was in the service, they wrote him that she had married someone else (which was a lie).
Upon getting out of the service, Dad …
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Thinking of you …
… at this mystical time of reflecting upon the importance of Love and Family.
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