What do you think, Sally? Would the younger kids in your house enjoy or employ NEW! Feather and Marabou Angel Wings?
“Get ready for Christmas plays and other plays in your church group with these adorable Angel Wings,” the advertising copy at the crafts store says. But looking at these, all I could do was start humming: When the shadows of this life have gone, I’ll fly away / Like a bird from these prison walls I’ll fly, I’ll fly away.
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