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THE CHRISTMAS PORTRAIT by Phyllis Clark Nichols

Published by Realms

Charisma Media/Charisma House Book Group

600 Rinehart Road

Lake Mary, Florida 32746

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All Scripture quotations are from the King James Version of the Bible; Holy Bible, New International Version, Copyright © 1973, 1978, 1984, International Bible Society; New American Standard Bible, copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation, (www.Lockman.org). All versions are used by permission.

Copyright © 2015 by Phyllis Clark Nichols

All rights reserved

Cover Design by Lisa Rae McClure

Design Director: Justin Evans

Visit the author’s website at www.phyllisclarknichols.com.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data:

Nichols, Phyllis Clark.

The Christmas portrait / by Phyllis Clark Nichols. -- First edition.

pages cm

ISBN 978-1-62998-216-8 (trade paper) -- ISBN 978-1-62998-217-5 (e-book)

1. Bereavement in children--Religious aspects--Christianity. 2. Children and death--Religious aspects--Christianity. 3. Harding, Katherine Joy. 4. Harding John Chesler--Family. 5. Mothers--Death. I. Title.

BV4596.P3N53 2015

248.8’66083--dc23

2015025279