Perhaps this Christmas time is like all Christmas tides gone by. The church choir sings the same Christ songs they’ve sung two-thousand years. So few years she was my child; I held her in my arms. Last night I saw a vision, of a child with laughing eyes, My Great Great Grandfather, Edgar Howard<\/a> lost his young daughter, Martha, at the age of 10. He wrote this poem which has been adapted and set to music by my sister, Hayley Winslow. On behalf of our family, we re-dedicate it to Emilie Parker, her family, and the families of all those who lost children and loved ones in Newtown, Connecticut. Edgar?s words helped heal my heart from the distance of a hundred years; I pray that his words and Hayley’s voice may heal many more hearts this Christmas.<\/em><\/p>\n Original Poem by Edgar Howard<\/em><\/p>\n Perhaps this Christmas-time is like all Christmas-tides gone by. The church choirs sing the same Christ songs they’ve sung two thousand years, Last night I saw a vision of a child with laughing eyes, A Christmas Vision Music and lyrics by Hayley Winslow. Adapted from a poem by Edgar Howard on the death of his young daughter. A Christmas Vision- Hayley Titus, Edgar Howard (MP3 Audio) A Christmas Vision (Live Recording) Perhaps this Christmas time is like all Christmas tides gone by. Children’s faces are as bright with every […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[5],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=444"}],"version-history":[{"count":23,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":799,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/444\/revisions\/799"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"Play\"](\"http:\/\/www.aarontitus.net\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/play-the-video_2.png\" "\\"Play\\"")
<\/a>A Christmas Vision- Hayley Titus, Edgar Howard (MP3 Audio)<\/a>
\nA Christmas Vision (Live Recording)<\/a><\/p>\n
\nChildren’s faces are as bright with every sparkling eye.
\nEach face reflects a picture of a heart that throbs with cheer,
\nAnd yet it does not seem the same because she is not here.<\/p>\n
\nPriests and preachers tell God’s love ‘nor speak of hell or fear.
\nThe wide world wears the same glad garb with Christmas joy and cheer,
\nAnd yet it does not seem the same because she is not here.<\/p>\n
\nNow I live without her and must hold her in my heart.
\nI yearn to find a sweet release at this joyous time of year,
\nBut still my poor soul suffers, for I know she is not here.<\/p>\n
\nand heard her speak a message from her place in Paradise,
\nAnd the message told me truly that one day I may share
\nA Christmas with the loved and lost- not here, but there.<\/p>\n
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\n<\/em><\/em><\/p>\nA Christmas Vision.<\/h2>\n
\nThe children’s faces are as bright, and every sparkling eye
\nReflects the picture of a heart that throbs with Christmas cheer,
\nAnd yet it does not seem the same, because–she is not here.<\/p>\n
\nAnd priests and preachers tell God’s love, nor speak of hell and fears.
\nThe wide world wears the same glad garb with Christmas joy and cheer,
\nAnd yet it does not seem the same, because– she is not here.<\/p>\n
\nAnd heard her speak a message from her place in Paradise;
\nAnd the message told me truly that one day I may share
\nA Christmas-time with the loved and lost–not Here, but There.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"