Memories

Several people have inquired about a place to share their memories of my father. I hope that this site can serve that purpose. Please email me your relections - tiffinylorraine@mac.com - and I'll copy them onto this site. Please include your name, even if it is just a first name. Thanks.

Thursday, December 25, 2008

An Extraordinary Year

My Christmas journal has several pages on which to record each year's Christmas festivities. In the last few years, I have used it mainly as a place to record a list of the cards I have sent and received. So, as I showed the book to a friend recently, I was taken aback to see what I wrote in 2000, the year I started the journal. 

"Our beloved 'Big Mama' (my maternal grandmother) had a devastating stroke in mid-April and died on July 6.

To quote Poppa in this year's Christmas letter, 'We've had some extraordinary years, all happy, but some not so much as others. This year has been one of the not-so-much-as others.'"
Poppa was right. This year was definitely one of the not-so-much-as-others, but we have lived each day of it surrounded by the love and support of our family and friends. Though we will certainly miss Poppa today, we plan to have a very Merry Christmas - just as he would want all of us to do!

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