The Last Christmas

By Seelie Kay

David Wright is dying from cancer. He is not expected to see another Christmas. At least that’s what the medical professionals say. Fortunately, Santa begs to differ. After all, modern medicine is nothing more than a best guess. Santa believes anything is possible until you give up.

When Santa tells David’s wife, Joan, that heaven is full and she has to keep her husband alive, she is beside herself. She has no medical skills. How can she save anyone’s life? Set your skepticism aside as Santa embraces a family already mourning their father’s terminal diagnosis and teaches them that a Christmas miracle doesn’t always require heavenly intervention. Sometimes, all it takes is a family with enough love to create their own. As Santa says, a true miracle is when love combines with action to get the desired results. And only humans are capable of that.

Will Santa’s words fall on deaf ears? Or will Team Wright find a way to save their father’s life?

• Language: English
• Publisher: eXtasy Books Inc
• Release date: Dec 28, 2020
• ISBN: 9781487429997

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At Christmas time, everyone deserves a miracle!

David Wright is dying from cancer. He is not expected to see another Christmas. At least that’s what the medical professionals say. Fortunately, Santa begs to differ. After all, modern medicine is nothing more than a best guess. Santa believes anything is possible until you give up.

When Santa tells David’s wife, Joan, that heaven is full and she has to keep her husband alive, she is beside herself. She has no medical skills. How can she save anyone’s life? Set your skepticism aside as Santa embraces a family already mourning their father’s terminal diagnosis and teaches them that a Christmas miracle doesn’t always require heavenly intervention. Sometimes, all it takes is a family with enough love to create their own. As Santa says, a true miracle is when love combines with action to get the desired results. And only humans are capable of that.

Will Santa’s words fall on deaf ears? Or will Team Wright find a way to save their father’s life?

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The Last Christmas

Copyright © 2020 Seelie Kay

ISBN: 978-1-4874-2999-7

Cover art by Martine Jardin

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The Last Christmas

By

Seelie Kay

Dedication

For everyone who believes in miracles, especially at Christmas time!

Chapter One: Fears and Tears

Joan Wright peered through the dirt-encrusted window at St. Malcolm’s Hospital and took in the dreary day.

There wasn’t even a single snowflake in the air to brighten the morning. Seems like snow should be a given during the holidays, she murmured. "It’s Milwaukee, for God’s sake. It always snows. I need a promise of a new day, a rebirth. Something. Anything."

There was no response to her musings. Instead, the silence was filled with the persistent beeps and blips of monitors and other machines.

She turned to the body that lay on the narrow hospital bed and sighed. This will be our last Christmas together, darling, she whispered. I don’t know if I can bear it.

The man she had loved for the past 30 years did not respond. Instead, he slept deeply, his semi-conscious body in peaceful repose, no longer a slave to the pain caused by the cancer that ate away at him. Morphine had become his best friend. It and other drugs were used to keep him in what the doctor called a medically induced coma. That seemed cruel when death was certain. Why not just let him go?

A nurse entered the room and checked his vitals. She turned to Joan and smiled. I know it’s not much consolation, but his vitals are strong. He doesn’t seem to be in any pain.

Joan nodded, a single tear escaping from her eye. I love him, you know. I have since the moment he collided with me on a skating rink when we were sixteen. Another tear fell and she swiped at it. Every day with him was a blessing. He was the yin to my yang. The perfect balance. We have had one hell of a life together. Not all good, but blessed. We weathered the bad times and celebrated the good. We had three healthy, strong children. Another tear fell. "I am so angry that his life is ending this way. That we are not dying together. It’s not fair. In fact, it’s downright cruel. What kind of God does this to people who love each other? No one should have to watch the love of their life die