Last four years have not been fun. Looking after Mum to give Dad some time off when she developed a very aggresive form of stomach cancer. Sadly she lasted a for a pain wracked year. Dad collapsed on the overnight macmillan nurse and was taken to resus and ICU but died within 12 hours of being told mum had died. This year my brother finally managed to drink himself to death and b Covid has litrally killed off the remaining older members of my family. No extended family of cousins nor neices or nephews from brother thank God as that would have been horrible for any kids* . Mum was a sole child and my lovely dad's brothers were as self centred as my own brother - no woman would live with them let alone be crazy enough to have kids with them. So it is now just me and my twenty something kids left from my side of the family. Hubby still has both parents, siblings and neices and nephews so has not really got a clue how tough it will be this year to do anything with his family.
Christmas this year - looking for gentle ideas that could help create some new traditions and ways to remember as mum and dad loved the whole season as did my brother before his drinking took over all those years ago.