December 19 2011 Digital Scrapbook layout

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December 19 2011
A Christmas memory I have as a young girl of 5 or 6 is coming home from Christmas Eve candle light service with my Grandmother. It was a cold crisp night and very dark with the stars sparkling over head. We passed an Oil Derrick and I remember it looked like a Christmas tree all lit up, it was beautiful. We were listening to the Little Drummer boy song on the radio and when Grandmother and I got out of the car we heard a pump jack in the distance running. I told her it was the Little Drummer boy playing his drum for Jesus. I was young at the time and didn’t know it was a pump jack running but I remember that night with my Grandmother. She didn’t deny me hearing the Little Drummer boy and I love her for that. It’s one of the few special times I was alone with Grandmother, with a big family that didn’t happen often. Every time I see a Derrick all lit up or hear a pump jack running I think of her and that special night on Christmas Eve.
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Credits:
Template December 19 by Suzanne Baird of Roadside designs
Garland embellishment and papers (SBG Blogtrain 2011) Jmak
Paper and snowflake embellishment (wishes kit) by Dawn Inskip