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Wrapping Christmas gifts is an arduous task this year, even with much fewer presents to wrap. I sit on the floor by the tree, no need to wrap my treasures in secret. I carefully wrapped your daughter's gift, then sat alone and cried. After I write this I will do another for my sisters or brother. Wrap, cry, wrap, cry, one at a time, until they are done.  

You Will Always Be My One And Only

You brought so much love to me
In a way I had never experienced before
You thrilled me, you delighted me
You were the one I'd been pleading for

Beginnings.

The number 18 never really carried a whole lot of significance in my life until a year and half ago. Now the number 18 has become one that I can’t get out of my head. My Mom was born on October 18^th so for the first 25 years of my life (or 20 if we’re talking years I can actually remember) the 18^th of October was the only 18^th I ever paid attention to.

What do we give someone for the holidays who is grieving?

How can you celebrate when your heart is broken?

This is my final article on Holiday Grief. Here’s what we talked previously:

I know that in heaven you have no sense of time. Time is fleeting, one long day filled with joy, peace, love and laughter.  I am happy that you graduated my love. So happy that you feel no pain, heartache, despair or disappointment – only love and God’s eternal peace and presence.