“As long as I remember to decide so again and again, the miracles I know will happen, happen. Every time.”
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Alone on the crest, high above the snowy rooftops of a tiny-looking Havenwood Village sparkling in the sunlight below, I began to recall the remarkable events of that Christmas season and the gifts I had given, received and seen.
But a gnawing perception insisted that something. . . something was missing . . .
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“Miracles – Life Journey”
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Excerpts from the novel HAVENWOOD TALES Beginnings
by D.J. Houston, Author
Copyright©2010, 2011 D.J. Houston. All Rights Reserved.
. . . He called her his Lily of Liverpool. She called him her Yankee Doodle.
he fact that I learned to sing Christmas carols by first finding out what the words in the lyrics actually meant is why I can still remember them to this day. And the carols I remember best are the ones we learned in Havenwood School’s Young People’s Christmas Choir, under the able auspices of Miss Lucinda Greenlee . . .
Havenwood Tales 
Christmas Tree Inspirations – Heartland America
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~ The World’s Most Beautiful Christmas Tree ~
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When the idea of saving the forests first came into vogue, we tried using a silver tinsel one. Then one of those phony white ones with the “snow-flocked” branches for a while. And years of “realistic” plastic green ones I never liked, either.
I never knew when I’d remember my last Christmas tree. So I thought it fitting to commemorate that first one now, and the imprint it left on my life. . .
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From the novel HAVENWOOD TALES Beginnings by D.J. Houston
Copyright©2008, 2012 D.J. Houston. All Rights Reserved.
Inspirational Stories – Historical Fiction – Social Commentary – Heartland America
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