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Author: JoeRaisinJoeRaisin Date: Dec 25, 2007 06:34
Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
This year is different.
Its after 9AM on Christmas morning and Tony (our remaining son) is still
asleep. I cannot remember any time in the past 19 years that either of
my kids slept past 6. in the past, Elena and I have spent Christmas
mornings watching the boys open their presents and start bartering for
the choicest selections. Their interests were always alike enough that
for most of the gifts we would just randomly assign names and let them
sort it out. Being Christmas, they always kept the violence to a minimum.
So Christmas morning has always been a raucous, noisy and entertaining
affair.
Not so this year.
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Author: TexTex Date: Dec 25, 2007 07:36
On Tue, 25 Dec 2007 09:34:05 -0500, JoeRaisin charter.net>
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>Its quiet in the house this year. God help us, its quiet.
Joe...though I don't personally believe in 'god' when my parents lost
a child they both gave credit to 'god' for allowing them to
continue...it was always different afterwards and they never really
got over it, but they did continue...I hope you and yours do too. Like
many I don't have the words or know how to put them together when I
read a post such as this one.
Take care
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Author: nipntuknipntuk Date: Dec 25, 2007 08:52
JoeRaisin wrote:
> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
> from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even...
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Author: TommyKTommyK Date: Dec 25, 2007 13:17
JoeRaisin wrote:
> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who
> came from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
>
> This year is different.
> Its quiet in the house this year. God help us, its quiet.
Of course its different Joe, and it will be for many years to come.
Get used to that.
I went through 20 years of not knowing or bothering with loving my kids.
Sure I loved them... while waiting for the next drink.
Then I had grandkids. I'm sane today and I flipping adore them cheeky
buggers. Joe I know what loss feels like.
Stick it out through thick and thin and someday, your daughter in law will
produce a baby, and you will know then. I can't explain what you will know,
I think you've already felt these emotions and now they feel out of reach
for you.
I don't bloody know what love is, its a lump in my groin and a lump in my
belly or a lump in my throat. Loss is that same lump and it sucks.
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Author: mghmgh Date: Dec 25, 2007 15:39
"JoeRaisin" charter.net> wrote in message
news:xx8cj.5$nD7.1@newsfe06.lga...> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
> from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
>
> This year is different.
>
> Its after 9AM on Christmas morning and Tony (our remaining son) is still
> asleep. I cannot remember any time in the past 19 years that either of my
> kids slept past 6. in the past, Elena and I have spent Christmas mornings
> watching the boys open their presents and start bartering for the choicest
> selections. Their interests were always alike enough that for most of the
> gifts we would just randomly assign names and let them sort it out. Being
> Christmas, they always kept the violence to a minimum.
>
> So Christmas morning has always been a raucous, noisy and entertaining
> affair.
>
> Not so this year. ...
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Author: JimBJimB Date: Dec 25, 2007 16:17
On Dec 25, 9:34 am, JoeRaisin charter.net> wrote:> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
> from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
>
> This year is different.
>
> Its after 9AM on Christmas morning and Tony (our remaining son) is still
> asleep. I cannot remember any time in the past 19 years that either of
> my kids slept past 6. in the past, Elena and I have spent Christmas
> mornings watching the boys open their presents and start bartering for
> the choicest selections. Their interests were always alike enough that
> for most of the gifts we would just randomly assign names and let them
> sort it out. Being Christmas, they always kept the violence to a minimum.
>
> So Christmas morning has always been a raucous, noisy and entertaining
> affair.
>
> Not so this year.
> ...
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Author: Bella_is_NoirBella_is_Noir Date: Dec 25, 2007 17:07
JoeRaisin wrote:
> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
> from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
>
> This year is different.
>
> Its after 9AM on Christmas morning and Tony (our remaining son) is still
> asleep. I cannot remember any time in the past 19 years that either of
> my kids slept past 6. in the past, Elena and I have spent Christmas
> mornings watching the boys open their presents and start bartering for
> the choicest selections. Their interests were always alike enough that
> for most of the gifts we would just randomly assign names and let them
> sort it out. Being Christmas, they always kept the violence to a minimum.
>
> So Christmas morning has always been a raucous, noisy and entertaining
> affair.
>
> Not so this year.
> ...
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Date: Dec 25, 2007 20:20
"JoeRaisin" charter.net> wrote in message
news:xx8cj.5$nD7.1@newsfe06.lga...> Last year Christmas day found our house full of people, people who came
> from all over the country to help us through a difficult time. They
> brought with them love, support, distraction and even laughter.
>
> This year is different.
>
> Its after 9AM on Christmas morning and Tony (our remaining son) is still
> asleep. I cannot remember any time in the past 19 years that either of my
> kids slept past 6. in the past, Elena and I have spent Christmas mornings
> watching the boys open their presents and start bartering for the choicest
> selections. Their interests were always alike enough that for most of the
> gifts we would just randomly assign names and let them sort it out. Being
> Christmas, they always kept the violence to a minimum.
>
> So Christmas morning has always been a raucous, noisy and entertaining
> affair.
>
> Not so this year. ...
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Author: aoao Date: Dec 26, 2007 14:19
all that and more this week on 62 minutes wrote:
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> Spent the last few weeks since Thanksgiving covering bases here at home for
> the Mrs. while she made trips to the hospital as they called everyone
> together and then sent them away with one more...
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Author: sharx35sharx35 Date: Dec 26, 2007 15:20
> all that and more this week on 62 minutes wrote:
>
>>
>> Spent the last few weeks since Thanksgiving covering bases here at home
>> for
>> the Mrs. while she made trips to the hospital as they called everyone
>> together and then sent them away with one more hope only to be called in
>> again in a day or two... over and over, until we buried her brother last
>> Monday. 46 yrs old couldn't stop... or wouldn't stop... or whatever it is
>> that keeps us drinking long after we've turned green and gray and yellow.
>> I
>> knew what they were/are up against having lost two siblings in a
>> year-and-a-half's time and did/am doing what I could to keep the holiday
>> traditions at *our* home on track even if their home is gonna be missing
>> something.
>>
>> Everyone was there today and it was loud and cheerful... just above the
>> tears that were often right on the other side of the surface. My folks ...
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