Life is strange

[dot.hawkes]

I have put up the three today, four hours well spent, it looks cool, anyway, I always keep the cards from the previous year, always do, then i use them to compile my Christmas card list. How good a plan has that proved to be, i have found in the christmas boxes the card my grandson;s Godfather sent him last year, it is now enjoying pride of place on the mantlepiece, he had written a lovely message to his 'little buddy' . who knew it would be the last he sent him. It is something that we can keep for ever, how glad am I that I have this organised mind. sorry to be so morbid, we have all been weeping uncontrolably.

[dot.hawkes]

I have no editing skills, I mean I have put up the tree, serves me right for watching corrie whilst typing!

[cruella]

dot,
Sorry to hear that today brought back bitter sweet memories for you.
Lovely of you to put that lad's card up again.
and on, it is not being morbid.
He obviously menat a lot to you and your family. x

[cazzz1975]

actually dot, that sounds really nice that you have kept it, especially since it was his last one, forget weeping I would be proper bawling with snot as well!!

I always keep previous cards as well so I can write my new list too :D

[excelsior]

i do the same as you with the cards idea.

i'm feeling emotionaal aswell - but for a different reason . . . my father died of prostate cancer on christmas eve 2005.

christmas will not quite have the same sparkle for my family for some years yet.

anyhow, happy christmas to you

E

[Miss Random]

Hi dot,
I always get sad at Christmas, more so because of Christmases past than Christmases present.
I have always seen it as a time to reflect on the previous years that have filled me with joy.

This Christmas is sad as I have lost several relatives and friends over the last two years. It is now that I realise what a great gaping hole they have left in my life.
Maybe one day, when I am no longer here I will have that impact, but I realise at this time of year that it is just sadness we leave others.

Enjoy the people that you have around you, and cherish their every moment.
God bless
Missy
xxx

[bensmum]

That's lovely dot - there are obviously lots of memories there.

My father died very shortly after Christmas having been unconscious since Boxing Day. This was years ago now but the memories are still there.

[smudge]

Don't apologise for feeling sad dot - you have good reason to. Losing someone close is indescribable.

Our eldest sister Amy died suddenly on Christmas day 2005 & we still feel the loss....

Thinking of you.

[pussnboots]

Hiya dot I lost a daughter on boxing day 1971 long time I know but the memory remains. Luv puss xx