Christmas used to be my favourite time of year as a child, I was never spoilt rotten or shown love through the use of material things. Christmas is a time for family and that's exactly how my parents 'did' Christmas. Yes we had the presents and the food and all the other parts of Christmas that you wouldn't have on any other day but the most important thing to myself and my parents was that we were all together, happy and healthy.
I want to start off by saying a massive thank you to everyone that has visited my blog and has shown an interest in my opinions of different products throughout the year. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and the happiest of new years!!
Secondly I wanted to highlight how painful Christmas will be for some people this year. This year will be our second Christmas without my mom. I lost my mom to cancer a couple of months before last Christmas.
Our first Christmas was horrible without my mom there to share the celebration and to make the memories with us. I know that there will be millions of people across the world who won't be having the happy Christmas they thought they would be having this time last year.
My mom was the one who planned Christmas and organised it as much as she could so that we had the best possible day. Without mom we didn't feel like 'doing' Christmas. Yes we bought each other gifts, but we didn't wrap them or make a fuss of receiving them on Christmas day, yes we had the Christmas dinner but we didn't go to town with it and it didn't taste the same because all we truly wanted was mom to be there and nothing would be the same without her.
I have no doubt that this year will bring the same feelings.
My heart goes out to each and everyone of you that will have somebody missing from their lives this Christmas and I hope that you all find a way of getting through this festive period with as little heartache and suffering as possible.
Some things that I have considered doing to keep my mom a part of Christmas that may help others:
I hope that this year we keep all those people who will not be having a happy Christmas for whatever reason in our thoughts but also those who cannot be with us over this festive season.
Remember to smile, to laugh, to cry, to talk, and to keep those happier memories alive.
Merry Christmas everybody, and a happy new year!!
I want to start off by saying a massive thank you to everyone that has visited my blog and has shown an interest in my opinions of different products throughout the year. I wish you all a very merry Christmas and the happiest of new years!!
Secondly I wanted to highlight how painful Christmas will be for some people this year. This year will be our second Christmas without my mom. I lost my mom to cancer a couple of months before last Christmas.
Our first Christmas was horrible without my mom there to share the celebration and to make the memories with us. I know that there will be millions of people across the world who won't be having the happy Christmas they thought they would be having this time last year.
My mom was the one who planned Christmas and organised it as much as she could so that we had the best possible day. Without mom we didn't feel like 'doing' Christmas. Yes we bought each other gifts, but we didn't wrap them or make a fuss of receiving them on Christmas day, yes we had the Christmas dinner but we didn't go to town with it and it didn't taste the same because all we truly wanted was mom to be there and nothing would be the same without her.
I have no doubt that this year will bring the same feelings.
My heart goes out to each and everyone of you that will have somebody missing from their lives this Christmas and I hope that you all find a way of getting through this festive period with as little heartache and suffering as possible.
Some things that I have considered doing to keep my mom a part of Christmas that may help others:
- Keep things as 'normal' as possible.
- Light candles.
- Chinese lanterns - Prayers/Messages written on them.
- Visiting places they loved to be.
- Writing letters/cards.
- Personalised Christmas tree decorations or a decoration bought/made in memory.
- Look through old photographs over Christmas.
- Talk about them!! - You'll be amazed at how much better it will make you feel.
I hope that this year we keep all those people who will not be having a happy Christmas for whatever reason in our thoughts but also those who cannot be with us over this festive season.
Remember to smile, to laugh, to cry, to talk, and to keep those happier memories alive.
Merry Christmas everybody, and a happy new year!!
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