Missing a dear friend ......

Lost my dear friend three years ago. Being of a scatty and disorganised nature, I could always rely on her to kick things back into order; we laughed a lot, two very different woman but a bond of forty years between us. I miss her.

I still have the last baby jacket my mother knitted 38 years later. And I'm not someone that keeps things at all. She was disabled and the knitting cost her much effort and took nearly the whole pregnancy to complete.

My brother died 49 years ago this week, just after we'd put up the Christmas decorations. The association is still one that I can't shift even after all these years.

for those whose joy in the season is tinged with sadness.

My lovely friend died four years ago and I still miss her; I have other very nice friends but there is no-one else I can tell my innermost thoughts to. There is no-one else with whom I can laugh so much.
Izabella

Cherrytree if you know of another baby to pass it on to I am sure she would have been pleased, otherwise to charity unless you can't bear to part with it.

What lovely messages one and all. Set me off again ........

Thank you. And lovely to read the memories of others too.

Izzabella we have these sad times don't we, when a friend is no longer there.I sometimes forget [for a second] who is actually dead when writing cards.
Cherry I think that your friend would like a baby to wear the jacket that she made.

This afternoon I was doing some sorting out when I came across a baby jacket that had been knitted by a dear friend for my 2nd little grandson unfortunately my friend died before being able to sew the little buttons on.
What do I do
Keep it as keepsake
or sew some buttons on and pass on to charity shop for another little baby to wear?
I can't decide
it was the last thing she knitted

I was writing some Christmas cards this afternoon and realised I hadn't heard from a particular friend for some time. I phoned his number - no reply - so left a message. Three hours later I'm getting really worried as this is not normal. He has had a lot of health issues in recent years so I'm telling myself he's in hospital ... surely his family would have let me know if it's worse than that?

A very dear friend and colleague died 4 years ago, weeks before her 54th birthday. I think of her frequently and try to keep her memory alive by being in contact with her two now grown-up children. My friend lost her husband when they were little, raised them on her own, and when she knew she was dying, held on long enough to see her daughter qualify as a doctor. I promised that when her children had children, I would knit their first baby blanket on her behalf.

How wonderful it is to have had such a lovely person as a friend. Her daughter marks Mother's Day and birthdays with a photo of her mum on Fb. Never forgotten.

Christmas is a time when memories of friends and loved ones seem to come into sharper focus, alongside the good things there is always someone who is suffering.

Hold onto to those good memories, it is lovely that you had such friendship, but it is sad when you realise you can not make any more memories with that person. Hugs to you all.

So sad for you all.
All I can say is that its lovely that you have such pleasant memories. They are truly not forgotten.

The same thing happened to me this year. A very good friend died and I find myself doing something like picking tomatoes and thinking I must take some round to her and then it hits me again.

I understand, I had a good friend in Spain. I always knew Christmas was coming when her(very) early card and huge thick newsy letter arrive. Yesterday I found myself thinking 'I should get R's letter any day soon' - then caught myself up short as I realised I would never ever get another one.