{"id":138,"date":"2011-12-07T16:17:29","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T22:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/?p=138"},"modified":"2011-12-07T16:17:29","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T22:17:29","slug":"christmas-stories-and-healing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/2011\/christmas-stories-and-healing\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Stories and Healing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fkellyparies.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2Fchristmas-stories-and-healing%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n<p>That wonderful season is upon us again and it is a favorite time for me because I love Christmas stories. Unfortunately, Christmas is also painful for us as to have Kory die at Christmas. It seems strange that several years before Kory&#8217;s death I felt very inspired to write a Christmas story for my family and give it as my gift that year. It was accompanied by a teddy bear. I bought dozens of teddy bears, big ones and little ones, to go with my story. The symbol of the teddy bear , represented a hug from our Father in Heaven while we were here on the earth in this life. I gave the story and a teddy bear to family and friends and co-workers. Anyone I came in contact with that I felt would benefit from my story. I wanted to share this story with you. The story is about dealing with loss at Christmas. I did not realize that I was writing it for me. It is funny how things work out that way.\u00a0 I just knew that I needed to write this story and it would help others deal with death and know that they have a loving Father in Heaven that loves them.\u00a0 The story is written from my perspective as a little girl. My father died in a similar manner when I was a little girl. I hope that this story will give you a warm place in your heart for that is its intention.<\/p>\n<p>This story is included in an appendix in my book coming out in 2012. It was refered to in a newspaper article.<\/p>\n<p>Here is my Story: click on the link below<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Teddy Bears from the Kingdom of Light\" href=\"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/teddy-bears-from-the-kingdom-of-light\/\" target=\"_blank\">Teddy Bears from the Kingdom of Light<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I hope you have a wonderful week and go hug a teddy bear!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n<!-- Facebook Like Button v1.9.6 BEGIN [http:\/\/blog.bottomlessinc.com] -->\n<iframe src=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/like.php?href=http%3A%2F%2Fkellyparies.com%2Fblog%2F2011%2Fchristmas-stories-and-healing%2F&amp;layout=standard&amp;show_faces=false&amp;width=450&amp;action=like&amp;colorscheme=light\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowTransparency=\"true\" style=\"border:none; overflow:hidden; width:450px; height: 30px; align: left; margin: 2px 0px 2px 0px\"><\/iframe>\n<!-- Facebook Like Button END -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>That wonderful season is upon us again and it is a favorite time for me because I love Christmas stories. Unfortunately, Christmas is also painful for us as to have Kory die at Christmas. It seems strange that several years &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/2011\/christmas-stories-and-healing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=138"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":142,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/138\/revisions\/142"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=138"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=138"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/kellyparies.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=138"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}