Lovely photos, as always! The Christmas family photo looks classy - and Nanette pays a beautiful tribute to your mother. I'm so sorry to hear of your loss - November marked my tenth year without my mother (it's unbelievable to write that number down), and the void is still there. It will always be. Even if losing our elders is how things naturally happen, it still feels so unnatural to be without someone who, as Alliecat has very well described, is one of the foundation stones of your life and has always been there until that day. I'm sending some strength over your way, in hope it will help you cope with that void and the feeling of disbelief.
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"I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
See the light that's right before my eyes"
"I wear my sunglasses at night
So I can, so I can
See the light that's right before my eyes"