The Gift

By Lila Ellexson Senter

In The Gift, Lila Ellexson Senter reflects on Christmases past and takes us along for the journey. Throughout time, she and her friends and family have discovered the joy of “word gifts’’—collections of quotations, original poetry, and stories that have amplified the meaning of Christmas for both the gift giver and the re

• Language: English
• Publisher: ReadersMagnet LLC
• Release date: Nov 9, 2017
• ISBN: 9781947765498

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The Gift

Copyright © 2017 by Lila Ellexson Senter.

Published in the United States of America

ISBN Paperback: 978-1-947765-47-4

ISBN Hardback: 978-1-947765-48-1

ISBN eBook: 978-1-947765-49-8

All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any way by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopy, recording or otherwise without the prior permission of the author except as provided by USA copyright law.

Scriptures are taken from king james version (kjv): king james version, public domain.

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Dedication

To Hope and All Hope Angels

It takes so many to bring a project to fruition, and many have provided the fruits for this book, The Gift. Through your contributions, each of you is a gift, and each of you has given a gift, multiplying the love and joy of this undertaking.

May the book itself convey our thanks to all involved: encouragers, Creators, underwriters, experts in the field, marketers, contributors, beau­tiful friends, and precious family—all who share the Gift of Hope.

Lila Senter

Hope Angel by Bill Wright

CHRISTMAS WORD GIFTS

From Lila Senter

Enriched by these Artists/Photographers

Berries in the Snow by Barbara Nicholson

Hannah Capra

Nancy Capra

Sarabeth Clevenger

Carie Hampton

Ruth Jackson

Sydney Senter McKinney

Jane Milstead

Maggy Morford

Linda Johnson Murphy

Tootsie Nichols

Barbara Nicholson

Marinda Robertson

Billye Proctor Shaw

Sylvia Statham

Tril Stratton

Rosemary Suttle

Ginger Womack Taylor

Alice Wright

Bill Wright

H.C. Zachry—COVER

Cosmic Angel By Sarabeth Clevenger

Introduction

Welcome to this small book—a medley of Word Gifts, one given each Christmas for the last thirty years!

You might wonder, what is a Word Gift? For me, it is a very par­ticular choice of words especially chosen for a special person or special persons. These particular words, you feel, may touch another heart and/or soul through: humor, pathos, fellowship, common interests, a variety of forms…It is one more way to reach out, connect!

A Word Gift can be as brief as a quote, a poem/prose, a short story, legend from another source—shared and referenced by you, OR from your head and heart. They are used for a variety of occasions: weddings, births, birthdays, bereavement, anniversaries, thank-yous, congratulations, OR just because. For whatever means or for whatever reasons you choose to I share, it is your way of saying, I am thinking especially of you.

I would delight in saying it was my original idea, but it was not. Returning to college to complete the degree(s), marriage and children inter­rupted (No, no regrets), I was so fortunate to have not only my husband, Bill, but an