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    What Hope Looks Like
    What Hope Looks Like
    What Hope Looks Like
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    What Hope Looks Like

    By Tamie Stockman-Heagy

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    What Hope Looks Like by Tamie Stockman-Heagy

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherChristian Faith Publishing, Inc.
    Release dateMay 11, 2022
    ISBN9781639037476
    What Hope Looks Like

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      What Hope Looks Like - Tamie Stockman-Heagy

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      What Hope Looks Like

      Tamie Stockman-Heagy

      Copyright © 2022 by Tamie Stockman-Heagy

      All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods without the prior written permission of the publisher. For permission requests, solicit the publisher via the address below.

      Christian Faith Publishing

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      Printed in the United States of America

      Table of Contents

      What Hope Looks Like

      For my son, Zachariah ~
      I wish for you roses in summer, showers in spring, snowmen in winter and songs to sing,
      A heart that is true to the hopes that you have,
      A heart that knows Love through happy and sad,
      With roses in summer, showers in spring, snowmen in winter and songs to sing.

      What Hope Looks Like

      On a starry, calm Christmas Eve night

      when church bells toll and hearts are light,

      I dream of riding in Santa’s sled

      and toss about restlessly in my bed.

      At last, when others have fallen asleep,

      slowly down moonlit stairs I creep

      to perch in shadows on the bottom stair

      and wait as Christmas lights dance on air.

      And wait as Christmas lights dance on air.

      …and wait as Christmas lights dance…

      …and…Christmas lights…

      …Christ-m-a-s…

      Suddenly, the wind whistles and blows.

      Do I hear a sleigh swoosh through the snow?

      Is he in my house? Or is this a dream?

      And, then, I see Santa. ~~His eyes softly gleam.

      As he places gifts beneath our tree,

      I tiptoe behind him quietly

      to stow myself in his sack full of toys,

      hidden by gifts meant to bring Christmas joy.

      *****

      When he lifts his bundle over his back,

      Santa smiles at his heavy sack,

      but soon we’ve settled in the bright red sleigh,

      and Rudolph leads us up, up and so far away!

      Sliding the sack beneath one eye,

      I

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