Christmas post

This year I took pictures of the Christmas mug that Steve and Katrina gave us and wrote the following:

This mug was a gift from special friends a few years ago, commemorating Hayden's last Christmas with us. He brought so much joy every day, and Christmas was no exception. This is Christmas #3 without you, sweet boy, and it's still hard to believe you're really gone.

Missing You at Christmas

There is a little place within my heart
That's with me every day
A place where all my memories
Are softly tucked away.

It is the perfect place
In my grief for me to go,
For words could not explain
How very much I miss you so.

And now that once again
Christmastime has come around,
It's where the sweetest memories
And thoughts of you are found.

Added this quote: "Grief is just love squaring up to its oldest enemy...and after all these mortal human years, love is up to the challenge."  -Kate Braestrup