Julie
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Merry Christmas!
This year Christmas is a little different for me. I always post a picture of my Christmas tree on facebook and tell my story. It is about the star that shines on my tree. My star that I have had on my tree is the star that has been on my tree since I was a baby. My Mom had decided she was tired of that old star and bought a flashing round light topper so I asked her for that star and she gave it to me. That is the only topper that I have ever had on any of my trees. This star has greeted me every Christmas all thru my life. It has been there when I was born, it has been there while I grew up, it has been there when I got married and it has been there when I had my children. Every year it has been there but while it still works there is a huge hole in the center of it in the front and in the back. So I realized she needs to rest, I buy a new one. Not the same and I just did not like it. So I complained about not having my star that has been with me all thru my life. My daughter goes on a search to find me my star. And she does, actually two of them! She has them sent to me because she was living out of state at the time. Well I get the package and yes the stars are an exact replica of the one on top of my tree but they were not tree toppers, they were designed to screw into a socket of an old Christmas light! So I look at them and realized they can be torn apart, Mike and I take one apart and it fits over my star!!!!!! My family star still shines and lets me know no matter what happens thru the year, she will shine on top of my tree! This was three years ago. Last year one week before Christmas I get diagnosed with breast cancer, Wednesday after the new year, I have a mastectomy and start treatment, nine months of chemo then 6 weeks of radiation. I finished treatments in September and I AM cancer free and finally getting my strength back. So we put up our tree this year and I pull out my star and the bulb is blown, which I can replace, but the top half of the star is broken! I think I can fix it but I realize my star shined for me last year when I receive such horrible news and now my star is telling ,me I need to move on. So my husband and I’s favorite movie is The Christmas Story, so that is the star that I bought and now shines on my tree!!!!
This year Christmas is a little different for me. I always post a picture of my Christmas tree on facebook and tell my story. It is about the star that shines on my tree. My star that I have had on my tree is the star that has been on my tree since I was a baby. My Mom had decided she was tired of that old star and bought a flashing round light topper so I asked her for that star and she gave it to me. That is the only topper that I have ever had on any of my trees. This star has greeted me every Christmas all thru my life. It has been there when I was born, it has been there while I grew up, it has been there when I got married and it has been there when I had my children. Every year it has been there but while it still works there is a huge hole in the center of it in the front and in the back. So I realized she needs to rest, I buy a new one. Not the same and I just did not like it. So I complained about not having my star that has been with me all thru my life. My daughter goes on a search to find me my star. And she does, actually two of them! She has them sent to me because she was living out of state at the time. Well I get the package and yes the stars are an exact replica of the one on top of my tree but they were not tree toppers, they were designed to screw into a socket of an old Christmas light! So I look at them and realized they can be torn apart, Mike and I take one apart and it fits over my star!!!!!! My family star still shines and lets me know no matter what happens thru the year, she will shine on top of my tree! This was three years ago. Last year one week before Christmas I get diagnosed with breast cancer, Wednesday after the new year, I have a mastectomy and start treatment, nine months of chemo then 6 weeks of radiation. I finished treatments in September and I AM cancer free and finally getting my strength back. So we put up our tree this year and I pull out my star and the bulb is blown, which I can replace, but the top half of the star is broken! I think I can fix it but I realize my star shined for me last year when I receive such horrible news and now my star is telling ,me I need to move on. So my husband and I’s favorite movie is The Christmas Story, so that is the star that I bought and now shines on my tree!!!!
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