So much has happened in this month of December...I have not taken many pictures or felt like blogging...in fact I have felt like the world has continued on as my world turned in upon itself...This month I lived through caring for my sister in her last weeks...This month I became closer to her and her children than I ever could imagine...This month I have become closer to my own children and husband as they support me...This month I turned 59 three days before my sister's death and received a card with her last words to me...This month I watched "White Christmas" with my sister and sang our theme song, "Sisters", for the last time...This month our family and friends got together not for a Christmas party but for a memorial service...This month our families started new traditions for the holidays...This month I tried to do shopping, and wrapping, and cooking to keep myself busy and to keep the family together...This month I took joy in receiving this beautiful "gingerbread" house made by my grandson so painstakingly...
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i will continue to hold you in my heart
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I love the art you made, it is a sign of good fortune, and happiness!
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Happy New Year's Eve!
I was so sorry to read this. I watched that same movie and love the Sisters song.
Please know that I care. And I wish all the best in the coming year. Free of pain. That would be nice.
My heartfelt sympathies on your loss, may you heal and thrive in the coming year!
Maggie
This Life Thru the Lens
I have been watching for your next post... so sorry to read this. May your family find comfort in each other, and your new traditions.
i send you prayers and blessings.
xo
may this new year bring comfort and healing for your heart ...
you've been on my mind because when we haven't heard from you in a while I feared the worse. i'm sending much love and prayers during your sorrow. I know there is nothing anyone can say or do right now, but i'm here whenever you feel like talking or...just holding your hand when you don't.
I've watched too, Oliag, and this is so hard. You bring beauty in the pain.
Love to you, all love.
I too have been watching and waiting, because I knew this would be your next post. Dear friend, I wish I could put my arms around you and absorb some of your hurt. Please know that I am thinking of you and hoping that you will be able to find comfort in your memories of your dear sister. It was a precious gift that you were able to spend her last year, months, days and hours doing for her and just being there for her. I hope that knowledge eases the pain of her passing.
Many blessings to you in the coming year.
Love and condolences,
Susan
Oh, Oliag, I am so sorry for your loss! The waiting, the watching, the care is a heavy load. Know that you were and remain the best of sisters...
Peace to you for this new year.
My deepest condolences to you and your family.
((hugs))
I too have been thinking of you...and wondering. I'm so deeply sorry for the loss of your sister. Please know that you're in my thoughts.
I'm so sorry Oliag. I know how difficult this must be. Peace and healing to you and your family in the coming year.
Oh...sadness fills my heart. This time must be very difficult for you and yours. Sending prayers your way.
I am so sorry to read your very sad news! My deepest condolences on your loss. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family as you grieve and remember your dear sister.
{{{ tender hugs }}} to you!
I just came to wish you a Happy New Year and read your post. I am so very sorry about your loss. Your post was so poignant and touching – I am deeply saddened. I send positive thoughts and condolences to you and your family.
Oliag, I often pop over here but rarely comment. I'm so touched by the sadness you've felt recently. I'm very sorry for your loss. Please accept my heartfelt condolences. May you continue to take joy in the gifts of your grandchildren. Wishing you al the very best for the new year.
many prayers and love to you....
I had missed this post and I am so sorry for your loss....
Oh, my dear friend. I don't know how I missed this post until now. I am sitting here with tears streaming, and my heart filled to brimming for you. I am so sorry about your sister's passing. I can only imagine that it must feel like the whole world is swirling past right now--a snow globe--and you are very still at its center. This time of year is an especially hard one to lose someone we love so much. My father died exactly 25 years ago today, and even now, all these years later, my whole day was shaped by that fact. I carried it in my pocket everywhere I went and missed him so much I felt blinded by it.
I am wishing you love and moments of peace and healing in the coming months.
Warm hugs,
Gigi
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