Today’s gift–and the last one in my pre-Christmas selection–is about creating memories as a family. What we do together, our traditions, the emotional shorthand we use with each other, these are the things we take with us from birth to death.
One of the fun things we do as a family is decorate the Christmas tree. [...]
Always Too Soon To Say Goodbye
I told you that I loved you
Many times, in many ways.
I knew you understood me
Even on the darkest days.
But now you’ve left me here alone–
Life’s pieces in my hand–
While memories of times we shared
Flow through my heart, like sand.
I should be glad you’re free from pain
And happy in the Light,
But [...]
Nine years ago today I sat in a hospice with my family, and held my father’s hand while he died. My sister and I sang to him the songs he’d sung to us when we were children. “I’ll be your sweetheart if you will be mine” and “Did you not hear my lady go down [...]
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