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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I'm so sorry OP.  At this time last year we were on a "let nature take its course" path with my mom after she developed a rare and fatal complication from chemo and radiation.

It sucked.  There is really no way around it.  DH pretty much picked up all Christmas slack.  I don't think I stepped into the mall once because it was too fucking depressing to see all the holiday cheer.  DH did all shopping.  DH also returned the Christmas gifts I bought for my mom because he knew I wouldn't want to do it.  We hired a housekeeper so we didn't have to worry about cleaning.

Then after the holidays were over, DH and I went away for 5 days so I could just get away from it all.  It wasn't the most fun vacation I've ever had because I was grieving, but it was nice to have a disruption to the grief. [/quote]

Sorry me again.  Want to add.  This holiday season has been difficult.  But in some ways, it has been nice to start on some traditions that my mo had that I had stopped doing with my own kids.  We have some holiday decorations from her that she took a lot of pride in putting up every year and I really enjoyed setting it up in my house this year and telling my 3 year old all about it.  It's hard, it's really hard.  But we will get through it and each year part of the holiday season will be about honoring my mom and her life. [/quote]

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