@Alice Yesterday was the first Christmas Day without my mum, who died in May.

There were tears, there was laughter, and a friend made us a fabulous pot for the kitchen that she's managed to transfer mum's recipe for cookies onto, accompanied by a fabulous letter explaining the process of making it and how her entire pottery class ended up invested in it. There wasn't a dry eye in the room.

She'd have loved the turkey, too. I got it absolutely bang on.

@Alice No you have something in your eye 🥲

@Alice that's lovely

@Alice I got them for Easter and my dad hid them so well I only found one 😅

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@Alice That's all kinds of awesome! What a great story. And yes hug em hard if you still have them.

@Alice This is my second Christmas without my mom. She wasn't the warmest and fuzziest person, but she loved us and took care of us, and I miss the person she was before dementia took her away for the last five years of her life.

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@Alice I just lost my sweet mom two months ago and I am still grieving. It’s so hard missing her. ❤️‍🩹

@Alice I lost my Mom 18 years ago and I miss her every day. She was also good at making the most of whatever we had. The holidays were always special because she put so much heart into everything. What a gift to have had the time with her I did have. Hugs 🫂

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My mom recently told me about a Christmas when she had only $5 to spend on each of us (6!) kids.

I cried to hear her talk about it... She made Christmas so wonderful every year! I knew some years my parents weren't working with much, but she still found ways to make it special.

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that's just a great story on so many levels a d just a great all around post. that's a keeper

@Alice Your a good egg, Merry Christmas. Those of us who won the mom lottery know just how lucky we are.

Boosting this because Christmas always makes me think of my mom, but whenever this post goes around, I inevitably get people who are upset saying "not everyone had a good mom so don’t tell me what to do!"

I get it. I do.

If you had a bad mom, I hope you at least have someone who is good to you, so you can hug them instead, but please don’t come into the comments blasting me for trying to remind people to hug their moms because that's something I’m no longer able to do and I would give anything to be able to do that even once more.