A Christmas story

FOR 30 YRS SHE SUFFERED IN SILENCE.BEFORE LINDA WAS MARRIED SHE LOVED THE HOLIDAYS BUT CHRISTMAS WAS HER FAVORITE.LITTLE DID SHE KNOW THAT HER HUSBAND WOULD BAN ALL HOLIDAY GATHERINGS,DECORATIONS OR CELEBRATIONS.FOR 30 YRS SHE NEVER HAD A CHRISTMAS TREE,SHE NEVER HAD GIFTS,SHE NEVER DECORATED.WHEN SHE MARRIED SHE MOVED WITH HER HUSBAND TO NJ FROM CALIFORNIA.SHE ON OCCASION WOULD CALL HER PARENTS AND 1 SIBLING.BUT VISITING WAS OUT.OFTEN SHE SNUCK TO READ HER BIBLE THAT SHE KEPT HIDDEN.SHE HAD NO CHILDREN AND WOULD WATCH THE CHILDREN IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD PLAY OUTSIDE.HOW SHE WANTED TO JOIN THEM IN THE SNOW TO MAKE A SNOWMAN.HER HUSBAND WAS NOT ONLY A CONTROL FREAK BUT A SCROOGE WHEN IT CAME TO CHRISTMAS.WHY SHE STAYED WITH HIM IS ANYBODYS GUESS.LINDA HAD 1 FRIEND WHO WAS A NEIGHBOR.IT WAS LINDA'S NEIGHBOR WHO HAD EMAILED US.SHE TOLD US LINDA'S HUSBAND HAD DIED AFTER BATTLING CANCER.AND SHE WANTED TO KNOW IF WE COULD GET LINDA A CHRISTMAS TREE AND A FEW GIFTS SINCE SHE WAS NEVER ALLOWED TO HAVE ONE DURING HER MARRIAGE.ONCE WE HEARD THE STORY WE WENT OUT AND BOUGHT SEVERAL GIFTS THEY WERE PERFUME,BIG PRINT BIBLE,TEASET AND A NICE WARM BLUE ROBE.THEY WERE WRAPPED AND GIVEN WITH A TREE AND DECORATIONS TO THE NEIGHBOR.WE HEARD LATER LINDA WAS BESIDE HERSELF WITH EMOTION.SHE CRIED TEARS OF JOY.AND A MONTH LATER SHE MOVED IN WITH HER SIBLING.NOW SHE WAS MUCH OLDER AND WISER.WE HOPE WHEREVER SHE IS SHE IS ENJOYING EVERY HOLIDAY THAT COMES HER WAY.