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[Denim Deb]

I think we all feel like we just aren't focused enough at times. For me, I think it's the season. I always find my butt dragging at this time of year.

 

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[Wannabefree]

We never know how much some folks mean to us until we lose them Glad you had a good relationship with your mom, some aren't that fortunate

 

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[heatherlynnky]

I won't say it will get easier because I don't believe it. My mom's mother died 60 years ago and she still gets choked up now and then. Grammy died 2 years ago and I can burst into tears missing her. I will say that things like the china, I have found become fond memories. My mom will see something her mom would have liked ( totally not my moms style) and it brings a smile. I know with gram there are these cheap little figurines in Red Rose tea that Gram had collected for years and years. She probably had a thousand of them. Not sure what they did with them but I think my FIL claimed them all and they are in a box somewhere. He is very sentimental too. So now what do i do. I buy red rose tea also. I collect those little figurines and put them in my grammy china cabinet. I served cran apple juice for thanksgiving in a glass pitcher. It was one of those things she always did. You came for dinner or lunch you got cran apple juice from a glass pitcher. Its an odd little memory we all shared. Just cling to those small memories. It hurts a little but somehow its comforting too.

 

[Denim Deb]

I have an ornament on my Christmas tree that probably looks out of place w/all the others that I have on there. It came from my grandparent's tree. I can't put it up there w/out thinking of them.

 

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[frustratedearthmother]

Good luck, hope it goes well!