[traderrob6]

My first year without my Mother. Know the feeling brother.

[MarkL]

My first year without my Mother. Know the feeling brother.

My thoughts and prayers are with you both. I lost my mother Christmas Eve, 1985.

Mark

[BikerJoe]

My first year without my Mother. Know the feeling brother.

Same here. Christmas was HER holiday, above all others. We're doing our best to maintain the traditions.

[LatinaGOP]

My first year without my Mother.

I remember my first Christmas without Mom in 2006. We always celebrated Christmas on Christmas Eve at her house and on Christmas Day I would take hubby and the kids over to her house for leftovers as Christmas Day was just for relaxing and visiting. Since that first Christmas without Mom we did the family thing at my sister's house, I didn't plan for Christmas Day and I literally had no food in the house to prepare b/c I hadn't been food shopping (too busy with baking, etc.) prior to Christmas. It was a rude awakening.