Let's raise a glass

[Hobnobswantshernameback]

It's Christmas Eve.
just taking a moment out of the crazy to remember
Raising a glass to my dad. 10 years gone
lost to the curse of dementia before that
wishing you could have known your grandchildren better
to dad

To absent friends ❤️🥃

Miss you granny M and granny McK, you would have adored H, L and R. Auntie R, close my eyes and you’re right here at the Christmas table.

Love you 🌟

To my mum, who I brought home from hospital 13 years ago to spend her last ever Christmas with us. She died the day after New Year.

I'm making her trifle today.

My first Christmas without my beloved Dad 🍷
to my grandparents & my adored FIL. Miss you all.

And to all the others that have gone.

Most to my 2 babies that never made it.

🍷🍷🍷🍷🍷

To my beloved wee sister on our third Christmas without you. We will miss your thoroughly idiosyncratic choice of presents. I'm using your roasting tin today.
And to W, we miss you so much.

Thinking of everyone missing someone this year xx

To my mum xx Can't believe it's our second Christmaa without her

My husband, cancer was cruel but the stoke you had in Nov 2021 was just pure evil. It meant an end to chemo and the cancer was aggressive and rapid and he died in Feb this year. I have now been his widow for longer than I was his wife.

To my Dad who never met my youngest son or foster son but would love that foster son plays cricket at county level and I know Dad would have really loved to watch him play, to dear Mum who died 9 years ago now and 2 dear Aunties who died in same year. I miss them all every day. Never forgotten. X🍷Absent friends.

Too painful to put in words but joining you all 🍷

To my lovely mum, 26 years gone, and still missed every day.

To my sons daddy, who passed away this year aged just 38.
Missed every single day.

Dad ❤️ x

To my darling son. I miss you every day.

To my Nan!

Miss you and I miss our chats!

Love you Nan! ♥️ 🥂

My amazing SDad, who passed away in Spring - Xmas certainly won't be the same this year

To my friend, happily messaging me this day two years ago. Went down with Covid the next day and died from it.

To Mum 🍷

🍷

My darling niece who died far, far too young.

RIP darling girl.

To my beautiful daughter 🥰💓

To my lovely dad. 🍷

Oh wow this thread has me blubbing. I'm really struggling today. Thank you for starting it. There are many I could raise a glass to, but there is one particular huge and gaping void in our family.

to my dearest older brother. Our second Christmas without you. Forever 31 years young.

Also sharing a little creation I saw on Instagram which has brought me some comfort recently.

To my DM, 10 years gone 🍷

To my best mate D from when we were teenagers, 30 years ago.

To L, 14 years gone but never forgotten.

To my Nana, who filled my Christmas' as a child with so much joy and wonder that I will never forget them 🍷

To my mummy who died this year.

To my brother. Still miss you.