To want to raise a glass

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To my lovely Nan who died on Christmas Day 6 years ago.

And my wonderful Grandad who died on Boxing day two years ago.

And MIL who died suddenly in April at the age of 56.

Merry Christmas to those who will be sorely missed x

To my nan who passed in June, my brother-in-law Steven who passed last year, too young, and grandad who, although gone 19 years, I still think of every day.

Raising my cup of tea to those we all very sadly miss. OTMx

To my grandad who died last week and his wife of more than 50 years who died two years ago today. xxx

for my Grandma and Grandad, more special to me than I could ever explain to others.

To P,my best friend who took his own life 11 years ago.

To DP's dad, gone 21 years. i wish i'd had the chance to meet you.

To D, you left a big hole behind you fella, but thanks for the music.

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Conkers, best wishes.

again to those I have missed.

Chink chink chink!

For my Mum, who I love and miss so much, we all miss her xxxx

For my brother, my Grandparents and all of you who have loved and lost them...xxx

I want to raise one to my beautiful, brave, clever, witty, kind, graceful, dignified and extraordinary DD.

God I miss you my darling girl.

More than words can say.

To you and to all those who are missed and loved.

To my wonderful wee mum, who would have been in her element right now, had she lived to see her longed-for grandchildren. Night and God bless, mum.

And my FIL who I only knew for a year or so before he got ill, but felt we would have been close, and would have helped breach the gap between him and DH

I raise my glass to my dad who died suddenly aged 36,and my dear granny who died last year,i'm so sorry we did not get there in time to say Goodbye.

Also J,R,T,S and L.

I think of all of you when the sun shines,and when i look up at the stars xxx

to my lovely, fabulous, wonderful MIL, who died this summer, and is very sorely missed as I try and make FIL and DH's first christmas without her somewhat pleasant.

What a lovely idea, to my Grandad who died of cancer a few years ago, who never grew up and was the most amazing man i have ever met, and to my Grandma (his wife) who died this year knowing i was expecting her first Great Grandchild and even though she was too weak to talk and couldn't congratulate us, couldn't take her eyes off me in the hospital. I still feel their presence every day and will miss them for the rest of my life!

xx

A really nice idea and I raise my glass to all our absent friends including my darling brother T and my best friend B, both died three years ago, both 46

To my grandparents, gone 28 years and still mourned. To John, Ronnie, Mo, Simon, Alan, Jane. Thanks for the love and the treasured memories.x

To my mum who we lost in aug 09, my nan who passed away Sept 89 - a tot of whisky and lemo for you both

To my DFIL who has a few weeks left (we found out today)

To dear work colleagues, BAF, JMC, JS, SR

With much love to all on this thread

To A who died 5 years ago: we were no longer close by the time you got sick, but just these last few months I've been realising how much of what I do and believe was inspired by you. Thank you.

To my wonderful Grandad, and to all those missed by someone x

to all of yours...
and to my Grandad H, after whom DS1 is named, but they never got to meet
and my Aunty J, my mum's Big Sis, who died of cancer earlier this year...
and to my lovely twinkly FIL, who died this Sunday just gone, 19th December...
and to the DD of a work colleague of mine who died the same weekend, aged 2.
Bless you all!

to the those i love not here
to those i love here
to what lies ahead

Oh god, cheers to you all, sad losses for everyone especially those who have lost children.

Mine goes to my parents, mum was so excited to be told she was to be a grandma, yet she never got the chance to see any of my three beautiful DD's.

Oh and my dog, who we got one month after DD1 born, died last week, she is heartbroken.

To the memory of all those we have lost,

including my amazing mum and dad, who would have been the greatest grandparents in the world but never met my DSs, and who gave me the best Christmases a little girl could ever wish for growing up (including when I was 4 a dolls house they made entirely themselves from odds and ends, scraps of cloth, carpet, wallpaper etc because they had no money)

will be missed always x

To my darling daughter who would be 19, my little bro who died 7 years ago, and to my mum and dad, and all our dearly departed.

Missing you all.

xx

To my beloved Grandma, Cis, who died on my 27th birthday, some 9 years ago. I wish you could have met my DS and my soon to be born DD. I miss you xx

A glass to all who have loved & lost.

Oh God, am crying. So sorry for all of your losses.

I raise my glass to my wonderful, special father. This Christmas will be our first without you Dad and I miss you more than words can say xxx

to my babies: i'm sorry you aren't here with me xxxxx

my grandmothers: you both were so amazing. you loved me without question and inspired me more than i can ever express

my grandfathers: i love you both and miss you both so much

M, T, M - i'm so gutted, you were all too young and had so much left to give

my lovely aunt, who we lost so recently and so suddenly: my goodness we miss you, i don't know how we do this without you. thank you for being more encouraging, inspiring and loving than anyone else i have ever met.

love you all xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

i've been wanting to say these words, so thank you for this thread :)

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What a lovely thread it has brought tears to my eyes.

To all of the above and their families who have lost someone special.

To my ex's Grandad who died 2 weeks before Christmas 4 years ago while I was pregnant with DS1, a lovely man who loved his family.

To my FIL who died when me and DH and his family were childhood neighbours. We were 16 when he died and he has never met any of his grandchildren and MIL still misses and loves him 15 years later as much as she did back then.

To dh's Grandmother who died this year.
She was an amazing woman and is sorely missed. She took on my dc's as her own great gradnchildren and they adored her right back.
She sadly never managed to hold on for the birth of my ds2, whose arrival she was very excited about. Her funeral was the day before he was born and he brought a bit of sunshine into a sad family.