Let’s raise a glass

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To absent friends and family at Christmas.
I like to start this thread early on Christmas Eve and just pause for a minute in all the chaos

To dad, gone 6 years but you had gone in so many ways so long before.
Miss you and always think of you when Christmas cards land in the doormat

To my amazing mum and best friend, it's our first Christmas without you.

It's your beautiful, long awaited, grandsons second Christmas and I'm so so sad you missed out on spending more time with him. He is simply brilliant, you would be so proud.

I try my best to be a good mum, but I am still hurting so much at loosing you, at times it is so difficult.
I just wish you were still here, Nan asks about you every day when I go to give her lunch, it destroys me, but she is funny with DS, he keeps her laughing ( even though she forgets who we are lol )

Life will never be the same, we lost one of the best. Love you always xxx

Good morning and merry christmas to everyone on this thread. Its such a hard day for many people and i just wanted to pop in to send my love to you all.

to all our loved ones who didn't make it, never forgotten and always with us ❤

to all on this thread.

This is our 4th Christmas without dad. So many people are having their first Christmas without parents and in a few cases without a child 😪. I've never written so many "thinking of you at Christmas" cards as I have this year.

For my dad who went too soon nearly 4 years ago.

He made our Christmas magical and it's never been the same since.

To Daddy. I miss your laughter and ridiculousness. You were the biggest child of all but it's so comforting to know you would love seeing us so content and happy.

To my mum who died yesterday love you ❤️

Love to all on this thread.

Raising a glass to my dear Grandpa, this is the 13th Christmas without you. Always feels weird.

Raising a glass too to my lost little angel Rosa. Think of you always.

Also raising a glass to a dear friend who lost her little girl earlier in the year at 3 days old.

Raising a glass to my Dad, first Christmas without him.
And to FIL and MIL, gone 15 and 13 years now.

Thinking of everyone who finds today hard

Thank you for the thread, OP. for you and everyone here.

Absent friends

To my mum and dad missed so much and loved always.

My ex 'not quite mil' kids miss you and love you.

My cousin A such a fighter still missed every time i see family.

[Flowers]
For everyone missing loved ones today especially.

to my Uncle J. Christmas will never be the same without you.

to all missing loved ones.

Just listening to Christmas songs on the telly..Jonah Lewis - stop the cavalry just came on- lovely memories of my husband singing along - he loved it- my fifth Christmas without him- always in my heart x

to my mum i miss you sweetheart so very much you would have been so proud of my girls the weddings and would have stopped me ruining their lives
to my dad i was always your special girl every christmas youd go to town and buy a gift just from you for me i hope the years we had to manage without mum werent too bad we had a few laughs and shed many tears together effed and jeffed about the world but always together my heart never stops breaking for you i am lucky i have now found a brilliant partner but he never met you and never knew what a fantastic man you were the pain never eases get worse

Sending love to everyone, especially hose who have lost someone close really recently, it’s hard enough having Xmas without loved ones without the anniversary as well.

To my grandma.

8 years ago on New Year's Day. But I'm glad that she wasn't here to see the shit that has happened since. She'd be so sad to see how things turned out.

Merry Christmas, Grandma

Raising a large Baileys to my dear dad, it’s our second chrIstmas without him, and he would be so proud of kind lovely grands

Grandson that should read!

To Father, who I always had the best Christmases with. 10 years since you left us but always with us