Let's raise a glass

[Hobnobswantshernameback]

I'll raise a glass to you dad.
i wish I'd got to know you better before dementia stole you.
Raising 🥃 and wishing you'd known your grandchildren

Meant to say I start this thread every Christmas Eve so maybe we can all have five to remember those we miss x

And raising one for P.
16 years gone
God I miss your laugh and the wicked mischief in your eyes

A glass for you Grandad. First Christmas without you. Facebook memories just brought a tear to my eye. We will miss you not being with us this year.

Here again, another year passed.
Raising a glass to my dead dad who died at 54 and my dear mum then killed several years later in an accident. Still miss you both so much, particularly at Christmas. We remember.

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DH's parents, and my parents. 🍷 Glass of port. (well 4 actually - 1 for each!) They all loved it. 😉

All died 20-23 years ago, all 4, fairly close together.

Merry Christmas to all of them, to you @Hobnobswantshernameback and to everyone on Mumsnet! 🎄

I’ll raise a glass to my lovely mum. Gone three years. I miss your cuddles, Mummy, and I wish you could see how the girls are growing up. She loved Prosecco. Literally more than life, as it turned out, so here’s to you Mummy 🥂

I raise a glass to my mum gone 6 years today

Second year without my mum and I miss her more than ever. I ‘lost’ her to dementia several years ago. I miss how she always made this time so special.
Third year without my best friend and I miss her everyday. So often I think “what would Sue say” and it always gets me through.
I raise my glass to these two strong women who I miss and love more than ever.

To my Grandparents who I took for granted at the time but but were kind, selfless and wonderful.
[Wine] To everyone's lost and loved friends and family.
Merry Christmas

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I'll raise a glass to my Dad who passed away on Christmas day 2 years ago. It doesn't seem to get any easier. 😭

To my uncle who died this year. Last remaining family who bothered with me.
To my cat who gave us so much pleasure and who we all still miss. Your bauble is hanging at the top of the tree.
I never had a family so I'll raise a glass to all who had one and has lost members.

I raise a glass to my amazing MIL, she loved Christmas and it’s just not the same without her bustling around in the kitchen, I miss her terribly. She brought her 5 boys up to really respect their partners and by God none of them would dare upset any of theirs wives 😂. She treated all her DILs like the daughters she never had and none of us ever had a crossed word with her. We’ll be raising a glass of port to her later.

To my parents. Missed every day but especially today. Christmas just isn’t the same.

To other family members much missed too.

And to a special young girl and her family who selflessly donated a liver last year and without that my sister may not be here.

And to Helen. An MNer of old who I “met” on here, never in real life but were from the same place and had friends etc in common. We talked about meeting up. But it never happened. I thought of her this morning as I was in the town she lived in. She passed away this year.

Oh and I almost forgot our lovely dog who passed last month. Miss her loads.

Raising a glass to my FIL first Christmas without him, missed so much but released from the torture of dementia. ❤

Raise a glass to my Dad who passed 6 years ago today. Sadly missed and wish he'd got to spend more time with his grand daughters 😢

Mum and Dad who both died within a month of each other in the pandemic. Miss you loads.

Sending love to everyone x

To my grandparents and my auntie, gone for so long now but never forgotten, loved and missed every day xx

To my mum and dad and T who died far too young.

The finest single malt for my dad. Left us in body 31 years ago this month; left us in mind and spirit some years before that. I'd love for DM not to be alone, I'd love to have known you as an adult, and I'd love my children to have known you - DS is so like you.

Ah this is heartbreaking! We’ve all suffered so much loss.

I raise a glass of whiskey to my amazing daddy, second Christmas without him, my granny and my grandad. They all loved a wee tipple at Christmas. I miss them all so much and especially at this time of year when it feels like I should be with them.

Sending love to you all x

Darling uncle,
Here's tae us; wha's like us? Gey few, and they're a' deid. 🥃