re: Missing my parents tonight

Merry Christmas. I fear this sill be my own moms last Christmas. This is the first year in a long time I slept over for Christmas Eve.

My wife lost her mom the week before thanksgiving this year. The hardest thing as a husband is to see her hurt and not be able to take away the pain.
Today will be hard as her mom loved Christmas.

Merry Christmas to everyone.

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You'll cry. Trust me. You'll hear a song lyric or a thought will pop in to your head while youre driving and you'll lose it. Been almost 2 years for me and it still happens occasionally.

I remember the week my dad passed. It was a monday morning and I stopped to get gas on the way to work. My car wouldnt start when I tried to leave the gas station and without thinking pulled my phone out and started to call my dad to come give me a ride back to the house in case I couldn't get it started. Thats a hard habit it break, knowing that the person you've relied on for help your entire life isnt there anymore. He passed away that Thursday, 3/8/18.

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Thank you for this post. My car didn’t break down, but I get the same feeling all the time about my Dad. I want to text or call him all the time about whatever to get his thoughts. He passed away the day before on 3/7/18 at exactly 59.5. frick cancer.

Merry Christmas to you/ Mom has been gone 3 years Dad over 30. While not physically present, they are still with you. Their Christmas is more glorious than we can imagine.

I feel for you and all who are missing loved ones over Christmas and the Holidays.

I remember being a 9 year old kid in 4th grade on December 24, 1960 and my Dad driving me to church as I was one of the altar boys serving midnight Mass. It was the first time I remember hearing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas". The line, "Through the years we all will be together, if the Fates allow. . ." It made me very sad as I thought about losing my grandparents. Now, 59 years later I still feel that pit in my stomach when I hear that line in the song.

My Dad passed in 2003 but my Mom turned 93 last Thursday. All of my siblings were with her on Saturday. The hardest, though, is losing a young person. My brother's oldest was killed in a small plane crash in 2002 shortly after he graduated college. I am the oldest of my siblings and he was the oldest of his siblings and the oldest grandchild. We had a special bond. I still miss him very much. He would have been 41 this March.

My hope is that we all may find comfort in the happy memories of those we have loved and lost.

Merry Christmas,, Happy Hanukkah, and Happy Holidays to all.

Know what you mean. Holidays can be brutal when you sit and reflect on happy memories with family members that have passed on. I try to find comfort in believing that we will all be together again someday in a much better place. I pray that you find that inner peace. Merry Christmas.

Right there with you. Dad died in March and my father in law died Sunday. This Christmas sort of sucks.

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I’m spending tomorrow at the cemetery decorating my son’s grave. Born June 27, 2016 and left us on March 11, 2019.

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God bless you. I'm so sorry.

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Lost my mom to cancer a few years ago. She was in her mid 50’s and I always thought she would be here longer. I miss her so much, the holidays really make it so much worse.

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Same here. My mom died 2 years ago from cancer. She was 57. Holidays aren't the same and my dad is still grieving and sad. Breaks my heart. Cherish the time with your family.

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to my Mom’s to exchange gifts and my mom made blankets for me and my siblings out of my Dad’s old clothes

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That's a really cool gift