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It seems like the board has quieted down a lot since when I first started posting.

Maybe we could all give each other updates.

 

For me, I'm hanging in there. I'm happy the first Christmas without my parents is over. I'm still trying to live one day at a time and I still have no idea what to do in the future. I still think about moving across the country.

How is everyone else doing?

 

 

 

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Christmas can be special for people, especially children. But for some of us it is a time that our hearts feel broken and we have a strong sense of loss. I have had several years to come to terms with my dad's death, and even though I have accepted his loss on a conscious level, I miss the qualities he had that made him such a special, irreplaceable person.

I know I should be happy: I have my children around me, and they've enjoyed their gifts and festivities, and I have other close family members, like my wonderful mother and brother. Yet I cannot help but think of who is missing, I think about my difficult financial position, and I grieve over my marriage ending about five years ago and that my kids and I have had a fractured family unit.

Maybe it's the long-term effect of so many losses over a number of years, I am not sure exactly what it is. I don't mean to make anyone else feel worse than they already do, but I wanted to join in with anyone who is feeling the loss of a parent and wish everyone a better New Year. Hang in there, I believe we can all pull together and help each other through the holidays when we are missing our beloved family members who are with us in spirit.

When my kids keep me busy during the day, I manage to keep the sad feelings at bay, it's only when things creep up on me when I am alone with my thoughts especially at night. I sometimes listen to music that I enjoy to keep my mind occupied or I read. I try different things to help me through these times.

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I still miss those who's lives have been severed from mine. I get attached way too easy and people are not like items of value or insignificance to me as is how I feel I often am to them.

Maybe that's because I don't make friends real easy and so the ones I do have I like to keep and don't feel my friendship's as important to some of those I consider important to me often times.

I'm thinking it must be a big reminder to show special appreciation to those who are in my life to make sure they know they are appreciated and loved by me.

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