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She is symbolic of many things; one as having endured
the winters of life, of Christian immortality as our belief in
eternal life through Christ.
Mr. Webster says she is a relic - an object
surviving from the past and/or a personal memorial of a sacred
person.
These symbols bring many things to mind as my eyes
grace the beauty of the wreath that I have inherited from my dear
departed Mother.
In my Mother's day, anything of value was
treasured; not to be idly discarded for the new but to keep as a
memento of days gone by and for those of the future.
The value of the article was not priced by its monetary value
but by its significance of its historic stamina.
I look at this wreath as it is held up by my front
door with a strong feeling of it's symbolic value as I have stated
previously, but as a memento of things gone by as I think of all the
family history it has witnessed; the beginning of a wholesome
marriage of my Mother and Father, the births of my siblings and
myself and their heirs as they walked through the door that my
parents kept sacred as the Baby Jesus' birth was celebrated from year
to year.
I look upon this wreath with mixed emotions
knowing that the greenery is not as bright as it was in earlier days
but that it is a band of love that stretches across the years of love
and devotion from our Lord to this very day. The
red ribbon has faded but it's symbol of the blood of the Lamb may
grow dim but the blood still cleanses as much today as it did when
Jesus gave His life for us. The colored
balls that grace the wreath have lost their color to a point and I
could give them a new coat of paint but they represent the joy of
being able to celebrate another generation of having endured another
winter's life.
I consider it an honor to place this wreath on my front
door for all the world to see that, although she be faded and not as
glittery as she was in former days, she has stood the test of time
and endless love and is a memento of the days of my parents to be
honored as well as the birth of *Jesus*
"In
honor and respect of this symbolic wreath"
NormaLee Liles
© December
16, 2006
"And the angel said unto her, Fear not, Mary:
for thou hast found favor with God. And,
behold, thou shalt conceive in thy womb,
and bring forth a son, and shalt call his
name JESUS. He shall be great, and shall be
called the Son of the Highest; and the Lord God shall give unto him
the throne of his father David: And he shall reign over the house of
Jacob for ever; and of his kingdom there shall be no end."
Luke 1:30-33
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