Christmas Time is Here

[harquin]

Ticking away are the moments until the day of gifts, wrapping paper, cooked duck, stuffed stockings, food-happy dogs, and my inevitably crying. I've been soggy eyes for a week now. Suck

Comments

[hirtzenocker]

I wondered when that was going to become public information....

[loopyzany]

*huge hug* I know how you feel, sweety. Make sure you get whatever help you need. Call me if you ever want to talk.

[megsjedi]

Sad things really suck, don't they? Especially when the bad memories intrude on what should be a happy time. Over the last twelve years, I've lost loved ones, and mostly around this time of year. I really try very hard to remember them with a smile instead of tears. They wouldn't want me to be sad, they'd want me to be happy. I still have (silent in my head) conversations with a few of them, and I feel like they really are giving me their support and good advice. (A subconscious result of me giving myself advice and putting their voices to it, no doubt.)

About your mom... Forgive me if I sound presumptuous or cliched...

She is watching over you. Those we love the most stay with us always. In our hearts, minds and souls, we feel their presense. It may sound crazy, but my dog Mark, he truly comes to see me. In the very early hours of the day, when the sun barely touches the sky, and I'm lonely and afraid to return to bad dreams, he's there. I feel his weight, his warmth pressed against the back of my legs, and I know he loves me and

[sillyass]

we love you