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Spotlight Angel: Emberley’s Christmas Card Art

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This year’s Holy Angels Christmas card is more than a piece of art—it’s a story of miracles, joy and connection, created by our youngest resident and 2025 Spotlight Angel, Emberley. Doctors once told us Emberley was deaf, but here at Holy Angels, music revealed a miracle. When she heard a melody for the first time, her smile said it all—she could hear.

Emberley smiles as she “paints” angels with her footprint for this year’s Christmas card.

Emberley helped design this year’s card with our Creative Arts Director Gaye Dimmick. Using a hand-over-hand painting technique, she created three angel figures with her footprints for their bodies, adding halos and wings in gold paint. She then dabbed color onto the background using a Koosh ball and stamped her fingerprints into music notes—symbolizing the sound that changed her world.

The 2025 christmas card featuring emberley’s art.

The three angels represent three babies whose lives remind us that miracles can happen against all odds: baby Jesus, whose birth changed the world more than 2,000 years ago; Maria Morrow, the baby who changed Holy Angels forever; and Emberley, whose story continues that legacy of love and hope.

Watch the video below to go behind the scenes as Emberley creates her art!

 

About Holy Angels: Now entering its 70th year, Holy Angels, Inc. provides medical services and specialized therapies, residential living, special education, creative arts and spiritual opportunities for individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities and delicate medical conditions. The nonprofit currently serves more than 80 residents ranging from ages 2 to 83. Its innovative programs also extend to vocational training and meaningful employment to support adults in reaching their highest potential through five sponsored businesses - Cherubs Café, Cotton Candy Factory, Spruced Goose Station, Bliss Gallery and Market on Main. A sponsored ministry of the Sisters of Mercy, Holy Angels maintains international accreditation from CARF, and employs more than 350 trained, committed individuals and maintains high standards of compliance with all federal, state and local governing bodies.