Not a Creature was Stirring

December 25, 2012 · Filed under children, fiction/poetry, holidays, memories, nostalgia, Uncategorized · Tagged 100WCGU, 20 Lines or less, Big Blog Collection, grief, loss, loss. holiday s, memories, rompts, sadness

I threw the last of the packages down on the bed.  A few gift cards, last- minute ideas.
Oh, how I hate this season now. I always loved it-the glimmering lights, cooking, caroling, decorating, children’s smiles. Trees shimmering through the frost on the windows.  My kids looking for new gifts under the tree every few days.   My birthday only a few days away.

That was then and this is now. It is hard enough to see so many of the kids grown and gone, having their own celebrations, traditions. But taking my youngest to the cemetery to put flowers on his brothers grave…T’was the night before Christmas.

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