nativity scene parents long remember high school puppy hold baby jesus gave good chew advent story chewing baby jesus parents special nativity scene touch advent story start heard time yesterday church begins friends point story clear case you're interested advent you're thinking leaving here's writing post classic stories symbols season worn diluted plain empty leaving wander december shopping lists anchor guide hoping story offer thinking advent story judy's church interviewed yesterday pastors part teaching calling signposts hope judy began story telling friend tripping friend hallucinated jesus appeared telling stop judy religious fact raised jewish idea jesus appearing friend telling change life crazy idea imagine friend change life urged judy read bible cover cover time finished life changed deep inside suddenly made sense shape bible life lived happily real advent stories involve tears quite real advent stories sing babies born stables pretty jesus lots crying world harsh place judy encountered share harsh realities younger sister close diagnosed cancer died rapid horrific death year anniversary sister's death close friend died begin recovering losses judy traveled hawaii strong swimmer swimming ocean riptide carried shore realized drown occurred subconscious desire suddenly small prayer rose person hour sooner prayer thought bobbing ocean needed australian olympic swimmer training swimming hawaiian islands judy back swam shore amazing story happily part judy downs years eventually drifting christian community midst caring dying mother worrying lump recently discovered breast fact turn aggressive cancer pastor passing sidewalk years hope darkness judy's story lives story extended advent story judy yesterday lots darkness amazing thing you're darkness reaches pulls back light tied hope fact we'll finally putting signposts hope asked personal signposts hope things love church recognizes types signposts form recognizes we're places spoken ways times we're tuned subtleties hearts read times worst vice deliverer hope good news point advent christmas exclusively tied collection stories symbols automatically trigger hope nativity scene star ring candles calendar counting days advent ultimately hope god's guidance we'll emerge darkness back light symbols hope powerful absolutely unique identify remind symbols hope house darkest times life wrote turning point street address classic symbols work require tweaking symbol hope jesus manger grew marred unruly puppy's sharp teeth representing hope 