Honorable Mention Week 242
Christmas Joy
I sat in a box ,year after year gathering dust in the
back of a cold dark shelf, high up in a closet. Then I’d been taken out of my box, dusted off and put near the lights to give my glass exterior its best colour; but it
had been many years since I adorned the sapling by the window.
How could I bring them their Christmas wishes if
they forgot about me year after year? Had something happened to that family?
The man kissed his wife under the tree from the time she was twenty and his new
bride; to when her hair was thatched with white and their home and filled with
more and more descendants every year. Some years ago it had stopped and I lay
abandoned on a shelf.
I heard the door open and my heart filled with joy.
A woman I’d never seen before reached for my box dusted me off and took me out
of the box marveling at the light that shone through me.
“It’s a done deal; the house is ours,” the man said
as he entered.
“Look what I found!” the woman said, “Our first
Christmas ornament, an angel. It will bring us luck.”
“I’ve had nothing but luck since I found you but if
it makes you happy; let’s put it at the top of our tree.”
Happy again, I shone brightly at the top of the
tree, bringing joy to all, for that was my name.
©Sheilagh Lee December 1 ,2016
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