"Missing You at Christmas Mum" Glass Memorial Robin Heart Plaque with Tealight Holder

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To enable personalised advertising (like interest-based ads), we may share your data with our marketing and advertising partners using cookies and other technologies. I don't feel like I'll ever get over them not being here, and I do sometimes get angry too, especially when I see my grown up DD's getting upset because they miss them too - BUT I believe one day I'll see them again and that gives me great comfort. Still doesn't stop me wishing they were still here and missing them, along with my lovely grandparents too. I’ve just done xmas with the in laws who are thankfully going away (and are very disappointed that I’m not up for the big family jolly holiday so their grandchildren aren’t coming).

Your first Christmas without your mom or the first time you have to sit at the holiday dinner table without your dad can be super difficult.I do try and appreciate it as a close bereavement makes you realise what you have and how short life is. It’s going to be my second Christmas without my mum and my best friend in the whole world and nearly two years since she was taken from us so suddenly.

I thought I understood how much I miss you until I realized I would have to celebrate Christmas without you this year. You can't bring them back but you can feel their presence, not in a woo way, but in yourself and how they shaped you. My mum died Christmas Day 22 years ago and to say Christmas has never been the same since is no exaggeration. Neither of them can ever be your own flesh and blood but they’ll do the best that they can to give you and your DD the best time humanly possible . The only advice I have been given is, “be kind to yourself”, “surround yourself with loved ones” and “let it out”.

I will be spending this Christmas missing my husband who passed away out of the blue on a flight 8 weeks ago. I lost my 22 year old son last May and the first Christmas without him didn’t even feel like Christmas for me and my 13 year old daughter but this year feels a bit better for us even though we miss him desperately we focus on our memories now and every time we just end up howling with laughter remembering how much joy he brought to our lives every day when he was here. At Christmas, for instance, when people come together, the absence of friends or family can be more keenly felt. It didn’t feel real we knew you were gone but we were hoping for some sort of miracle but now we know you're in heaven.

The ratings/reviews displayed here may not be representative of every listing on this page, or of every review for these listings. He brought happy memories into my mums last months, even when she was very weak and unwell he made her smile.

The physical and emotional pain of losing my mum is still there but I have to tell myself this is it this is my life now. I would say it does get easier with time - and the memories become a comfort rather than feeling overwhelmingly sad. It really helped to know that there were others who understand and that I’m not going completely mad for feeling like this.