Hope, Faith, Love And The Heart Of Christmas

By Pamela King


The winter holiday season often pays hosts to a number of television and movie specials related to Thanksgiving, Christmas and the forthcoming new year. One of the most memorable of these specials is the The Heart of Christmas, an inspirational film based on the Locke family. For, it is a story based on the true life experience of Dax, the youngest member of the Locke household.

The actors portraying different members of the family are right on target when it becomes to taking on the character roles of family members, friends and associates. In addition, cinematography and music add an extra dimension to which many to believe one of the best Christmas stories of modern time.

The acting is quite good and the characters all have a good sense of the parts each plays. Based on a true story, the film involves a woman whom encounters a family caring for a child with a rare form of acute leukemia whom has moved Christmas to the end of October. After learning why a family would do such a thing, Ms. Walsh, a hard working business woman became inspired to tell the story of the family after having learned of the struggle Dax was having with leukemia.

Like most working parents, Ms. Walsh has little time to enjoy sharing time with family in the evening and also works weekends on a regular basis. Although, when Megan does have time to spend with the children, strange things have occurred on a number of outings. In fact, it was Halloween at which time Megan and the children passed a home being decorated for the forthcoming holiday season.

Ms. Walsh, upon learning the reason behind the change in timeline decided to write about the struggle of little Dax. In doing so, began writing about the brave toddler and the loving family whom did everything to give the boy what was hoped to be the best last Christmas on earth, even if it meant Santa came early that year.

After learning about Dax's battle with leukemia, the young woman decided to re-prioritize life. During the process, Megan continued to read posts related to the Locke family journey. After which, once the journal was complete, it was transformed into the holiday movie which has become a long standing holiday tradition, especially with Christians and movie buffs around the world.

Ultimately, the journal was transformed into a made for television movie script. Most individuals who have seen the movie have been inspired in one way or another. Whether that is to spend more time with family, help those going through a battle with cancer or moving up a holiday or planned event.

When it became clear that Dax could pass before the end of the year, the family brought home a holiday tree along with inside and outside decorations, all of which were installed in October of 2009. After which, Dax lived into December before losing the battle which had placed the toddler at St. Jude Children's Hospital for fifteenth months prior to that time.




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