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Christmas 2011 - the second Christmas

Last year I was numb. My brother and sister flew in for Thanksgiving, 3 weeks after he died to help me "put up Christmas". I had lights in the front yard, our decorations all over the house. It didn't hurt that bad becuase I didn't realize then that I was a walking zombie. I had no feelings...I was in shock. This year....I feel EVERYTHING. I have exactly 5 decorations in the house this year. I hate listening to Christmas music. I shopped out of obligation and not out of desire to see…

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Added by KitKat on December 16, 2011 at 9:23am — 4 Comments

Do I decorate?

We are running away for both holidays this year and the kids want to decorate. It's our second set of holidays but he died nov 7th 2010 and we were just plain numb the first time. I don't want to say no to the kids but I also don't want to drag out memories that I don't need to drag out yet. What do I do? I only have so much precious energy

Added by KitKat on November 13, 2011 at 10:09am — 8 Comments

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