“Somewhere Over the Rainbow” (instrumental)
Listen to “Epilogue: Julie Scott Davidson”
Julie couldn’t see ahead to the next Christmas when she would be with Allen again, sharing a deeper kind of love; or to two Christmases ahead and the exciting romantic whirl with Mike Kirwin who would treat her like an exotic princess; or to four Christmases ahead when she would reach a maturity she couldn’t imagine now and find herself engaged to Howard Davidson and busily planning a wedding for a whole ten months away; or of the Christmas, her first Christmas as Howard’s wife in their cozy apartment, and the true love that she and Howard and God would share…. Julie couldn’t know all these details, but she knew the rainbow would still be in the sky every Christmas.
I know, for I am Julie. And each Christmas brings a wealth of love I have never known before. It is Christmas again, my second Christmas with Howard; and it is more wonderful than the first. And, yes, Howard is an only child like me.
Sandra and Bob, her husband, are sharing Christmas.
Allen is spending this Christmas with his bride, Shirley.
The carolers still sing. And everywhere there are Mrs. Donaldsons and Norma Kingstons and Miss Blossoms and Mommas and high school choruses—even Billys and Eddys and Caseys and Allens and Mikes—who are expressing their love, too, in their own special way.
And my Christmas rainbow is still in the sky.
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