Christmas angel
Barb Newell - Emporia
Wednesday, December 26, 2007
I BELIEVE there are angels among us — and every year at this time, I look forward to driving down 15th Avenue and looking at the second house on the west side of Washington, just north of 15th — at what I now call “my Christmas angel.” It is a beautiful, completely lit Christmas angel decoration, strategically placed in the gable above the entrance to the house. The angel holds a trumpet, as if heralding to all of Emporia the real “reason for the season.”
Even my grown children watch for the angel to be placed each year and shout, “Hey Mom — YOUR angel is up!!” For me, this is the official beginning of the Christmas season. I don’t even know who lives at 1511 Washington St. and I suspect those folks are not aware of how special they have helped make my Christmases for the past several years, but I hope they will continue to live there and mark this joyous season with “my Christmas angel” for many years to come!
Barb Newell
Emporia