Jasmine's Place Issue No. 20 - Christmas 2017 | Page 8

INSPIRATIONAL Well, it's here, Christmastime! The time of lights and carols, cookies and parties, wrapping paper, gifts and secrets. It's the season of love and hope... It's the time we hope that things held deep and protected in our hearts, those things we often don't speak out; just might come to pass... Things like secret hopes, like maybe this year our gift will be the words we've longed to hear from a loved one, or a gift of time set aside by someone special, just to be with us. To feel significant. Maybe you have hopes of something tangible; wrapped up beautifully... 8 JASMINE'S PLACE