Reading the paper

I was reading my home town paper this moring, the Yakima-Herald Republic.  I have read it for years on the computer and came across an obituary.  I don’t know if this letter below came from the person who passed or if it was written by someone else.  I wanted to share this because it just touched my heart so much.  If anyone has lost a loved one this year or in the past, I hope this will relieve some sadness in your heart through the holidays. 

“I know how much you miss me. I see the pain inside your heart but I am not so far away, we really aren’t apart. So be happy for me, dear ones, you know I hold you dear, and be glad I’m spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.

I send you each a special gift, from my heavenly home above; I sent you each a memory of my undying love. After all, love is a gift more precious than pure gold, it was always most important in the stories Jesus told.

Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do. For I can’t count the blessings or love, he has for each of you. So have a merry Christmas, and wipe away that tear.

Remember, I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.”