[stylist] stylist Digest, Vol 140, Issue 10

Sat Dec 26 09:08:43 UTC 2015

Hi all! 
I have often put Angels on my tree each year that I've had one. I even have an angel that goes on top because when I got it, they only had Angels. I normally put a star on top and small metal Angels on a few branches. I am the one who decorates the tree. I wasn't blessed with my own tree in my living room this year so I didn't get to decorate one. Hopefully, the gods will bless me with one for next Yule!!! 
Kendra 

"When the student is ready, 
 the  teacher will appear" 
 Author unknown 
 Life always proves to me that I know the best roads are out there and so is my job of discovering where they are.  
  Blindness has often tested me. 

 Love has set  me free before it  showed me how to see the stars.    
 Baltimore, Maryland  showed me how to soar to the stars. 
 Seattle, Washington let me soar on the wings of my imagination. 
Paganism showed me the way home where  I feel magic all around me. 
 As I move through life, I notice the many ways where my beliefs not only ring true, but also proven to be true by others.  

 I am soaring like a bald eagle as I set out to live the life I want. 

I believe that everything is all interconnected and full of magic. 
Blessed Be!!! 
Kendra Schaber, 
 A blind Pagan federationist,    
The National Federation Of The Blind Of Oregon, 
Capitol Chapter, 

Live the Life We Want 

Diehard Fan Of Harry Potter, Middle Earth,  Narnia, and Land of Oz universes. I love anything to do with bald eagles. 
 Go Pittsburgh Penguins! 
Go Detroit Red Wings! 
Go Baltimore Ravens! 
Go Seattle Sea Hawks! 
Go Oregon State Beavers! 
Go Portland Winter Hawks! 

  I am Happily Living With My Wonderful Boyfriend  In Salem, Oregon. 
This  E Mail Was Sent  right  to your E Mail inbox  from Kendra's    Constantly Active Mobile Google E Mail Box which is located on Kendra's iPhone 5 that happens to be blind user friendly.      

> On Dec 24, 2015, at 6:11 AM, Jennifer Applegate via stylist <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
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> Hello all,
> What is your experience with angel ornaments? Do you put one on your
> Christmas tree? Have you seen or touched an angel ornament? We put crystal
> angel ornaments on our Christmas tree.
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>   1. Re: The Angel Lady poem (Barbara HAMMEL)
>   2. book information (Sarah)
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> Message: 1
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 18:44:17 -0600
> From: Barbara HAMMEL <poetlori8 at msn.com>
> To: Writers' Division Mailing List <stylist at nfbnet.org>
> Cc: Jennifer Applegate <jlastar at comcast.net>
> Subject: Re: [stylist] The Angel Lady poem
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> For one thing, the rhyme and meter of this poem sing to my heart. I also
> like that this is a story. 
> 
> Barbara Hammel
> 
>>> On Dec 22, 2015, at 09:40, Jennifer Applegate via stylist
>> <stylist at nfbnet.org> wrote:
>> 
>> Bob Lazzar-atwood The Angel Lady
>> 
>> She was called the Angel Lady for the ornaments she made,
>> 
>> She carved them out of scraps of fir and pine,
>> 
>> They echoed a belief she held from which she never strayed,
>> 
>> That angels are around us all the time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> She first received her calling with a heart consumed by grief,
>> 
>> The year her loving husband passed away,
>> 
>> She found that carving offered her a measure of relief
>> 
>> And it brought a sense of purpose to her day. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And then when Christmas came with all the memories it brings,
>> 
>> And clouds of sadness fell upon her heart,
>> 
>> She carved her husband's likeness with a pair of angel wings,
>> 
>> And magically the clouds began to part. 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> She fixed it with a piece of string and hung it on the tree,
>> 
>> He always loved the smell of fresh cut fir,
>> 
>> And when she sat beside the tree to carve a bit or read,
>> 
>> She felt his loving presence close to her.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> When others saw the ornament, her neighbors and her friends,
>> 
>> They marveled at how lifelike it appeared,
>> 
>> They begged her to consider carving ornaments for them
>> 
>> Of loved ones they had lost throughout the years.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And so her mission started and her reputation spread,
>> 
>> As orders came from cities far and (wide),
>> 
>> From (people) who were seeking some remembrance of their dead,
>> 
>> And comfort from the pain they felt inside.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> The children were the hardest and it often made her weep,
>> 
>> To carve their childish features in the pine,
>> 
>> But late at night a voice would reassure her in her sleep
>> 
>> That angels were around them all the time.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And one day she received a special letter in her box
>> 
>> From a boy whose family dog had passed away,
>> 
>> She thought about it briefly and then asked herself "why not?" 
>> 
>> And she started carving pets that very (day). (NDND rhyme)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> For twenty years she carved until her hands were old and tired
>> 
>> And all her youthful energy was (gone),
>> 
>> But her belief in angels always made her feel inspired
>> 
>> And helped her find the strength to carry on.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And then one Christmas day a neighbor found her in her chair,
>> 
>> Her heart no longer sounding its commands,
>> 
>> With shavings all around her, in her clothing and her hair,
>> 
>> Her carving blade still nestled in her hand.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> And as the medics came and slowly wheeled her to the door,
>> 
>> Her grieving friends were too distraught to see,
>> 
>> The photograph that (rested right beside her on the floor
>> 
>> Or the (newest little) angel (describes angel) on the tree. (SGSG 
>> rhyme)
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> It hung there by her husbands like two birds upon a limb,
>> 
>> A (woman) carved in (wood) (still) (wet with) stain,
>> 
>> Her head was turned and she was smiling lovingly at him,
>> 
>> And he was looking back at her the same.
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Like all the other angels she had carved throughout her days,
>> 
>> The image was so real it chilled the spine,
>> 
>> And engraved upon the bottom was this very simple phrase,
>> 
>> "Angels are around us all the time."
>> 
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> Message: 2
> Date: Wed, 23 Dec 2015 22:09:13 -0600
> From: Sarah <sarahandfamily at live.com>
> To: stylist at nfbnet.org
> Subject: [stylist] book information
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>   I am writing a series of books that take place in the Texas Panhandle,
> which is where I live. The names of the towns are different. They are
> Christian fiction and romance novels. The first book in the series is A Song
> in the Heart. I'm not great at writing the descriptions of the books I
> write.  Here is the description of the book that was just released. 
> Kade Blackwater needs a career change. Ashley Cantrell is a divorced mother
> of two waiting for God to bring the right man into her life. Will Kade and
> Ashley srust God to write their love song? 
>     Sarah Harris    
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> Sent from my U2 
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