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Angels We Have Heard on High

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Sunday, Dawn was playing with Dakota and they were looking at the nativity scene we have on top of the piano. The nativity was handmade ceramic by done by my Aunt Helen years ago. During the course of looking at each one of the figures, the angel got pushed off the back of the piano and we heard it crash. Yup broken. It wasn't the first time the angel was in need of repair. For some reason it's always the angels in nativity scenes that get broken. I don't know why. Maybe it's the wings. Well, I pulled the piano out from the wall and proceeded to pick up the broken pieces from the floor. Body, head, wings...I think I had them all. A little glue and a few minutes, Gabriel would be as good as new. Gabriel and I went to the basement were I proceeded to mix up some Gorilla Epoxy and started to put him back together again. I was hoping I would have better luck than "All the king's horses and all the king's men." Gabe's reconstruction went...