Well, it’s been a year. One that will forever live as the year my mother died, and that I kinda fell off the grid afterwards, for what might seem obvious reasons to most but is a bit of a mystery to me. Mostly, I think, because it was all coming and I could see it but I didn’t want to.
However, this is a time of celebration for most.

And so I want to take the time to say thank you to everyone who’s stuck around, despite my absence, and to wish everyone the merriest of Christmases and happiest of holidays for all the other holidays celebrated here, there, and all over the world.
Cheers, my friends!
January 6, 2024 at 10:35 am
Grief has no handbook, no road map, and is a surprise journey for everyone. I hope you found some peace and bright moments in your Christmas season, and that the new year brings you more. 💞💞💞
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January 6, 2024 at 1:13 pm
Thanks, Dawn. ❤
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December 31, 2023 at 7:48 am
Part of grief is the surprise of it. Your expectations of how you think it will go are often upended. Be as gentle with yourself as you would be with a family member or dear friend. Hoping that the coming months will bring some measure of peace.
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December 31, 2023 at 11:06 am
Thanks so much, Joanne. ❤
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December 26, 2023 at 9:00 am
Merry Christmas Linda. Sorry for your loss. May the coming year be better !
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December 31, 2023 at 11:16 am
Thanks, John. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas and the new year is good to you!
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January 1, 2024 at 9:35 pm
Thanks Linda !
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December 26, 2023 at 7:47 am
Merry Christmas. So sorry about your mom 😔
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December 25, 2023 at 8:29 pm
Merry Christmas, Linda. ❤️
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December 25, 2023 at 4:24 pm
So sorry Linda. I hope the new year brings new happiness ❤️
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December 25, 2023 at 4:12 pm
Merry Christmas Linda. I am sorry for your loss. The first year sees every occasion as the ‘first without…………’. A long process, but we cannot stop time, which IMO doesn’t heal, just smooths the jagged corners of grief. May happy memories play constantly in your mind.
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December 25, 2023 at 3:36 pm
Merry Christmas, Linda, as I too, for long time, fell off the grid, even as I walk, every day, more and more in the ‘long goodbye’ I know is coming and just try to adjust to best as I may, as it arrives, a little more, every day.
Condolences on your loss – sorry I didn’t keep up with your journey as you walked it, lost in my own lil ‘well, for now? this is what I must do, for me, my heart to survive’ and I, too, have ways of categorizing various years – in my mind as, “the year…[this/that] happened….’
I resemble that line of thinking and well – as always, when I carve out time, even if only in pure self-defense of reaching out to those I love from my past years here in bloggy, cyber world and realize, how much I missed/didn’t pay attention to what was happening for them?
I read or try to leave a comment of my long-time faves – (I’ve been MIA and maybe you were/were not I don’t know – still trying to catch up on some things in pure self-defense of doing something for me, and blogging in others comments unstead of blathering away in my own blog ” – how much things change, come, go and alas! How much I remain, at my core, unchanged – which, sometimes, is of comfort to me – but for good or ill – when I see your name, or read your posts that aren’t prompts or what have ya, but help me to kow (Lida is still alive! thank gawd she didn’t die while I was focused on navigating me own lil world best I can”
All I can say is,
“merry Christmas linda – may 2024 bring some of the ‘7 fat years’ to your world, after what feels like many lean years here and there for us, eh??
Or not – but well – I figure, we’ll both survive it overall, anyhoo – by hook or by crook!
❤
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December 25, 2023 at 11:07 am
God Jul, Linda! It’s fine to rest and heal; until the doors close, it doesn’t seem real. Door’s not locked, open and step through. The view’ll be great! 💚💛💚
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December 25, 2023 at 11:05 am
Merry Christmas, Linda. Best wishes for the New Year.
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December 25, 2023 at 10:43 am
Merry Christmas, Linda. I get the “falling iff the grid” after a death in the family and the emotional exhaustion that comes with the grieving. Be kind to yourself. See you in 2024. ❤️
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December 25, 2023 at 9:44 am
May you have the peace and joy of the season. Merry Christmas 🙂
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December 25, 2023 at 9:22 am
Merry Christmas, Linda! ❤
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December 25, 2023 at 8:58 am
Merry Christmas Linda! And may the New Year bring us all peace.
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December 25, 2023 at 8:39 am
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁 and sending warm, caring ((hugs)) to you! 🥰
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December 25, 2023 at 7:35 am
Merry Christmas, Linda, to you and your family.
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December 25, 2023 at 7:08 am
Merry Christmas hugs to you, Linda! ((( ❤ )))
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December 25, 2023 at 6:37 am
❤ happy Christmas and a calm and peaceful new year to you, Linda
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December 25, 2023 at 6:02 am
Merry Christmas, Linda, and I hope next year is an uneventful one for you…
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December 25, 2023 at 4:46 am
Merry Christmas, Linda 🎁🎄🎅
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December 25, 2023 at 2:11 am
Have a lovely day Linda
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