I just listened to "5 Steps to Holiday Grief Survival"

I want to thank you Ann, for making this interview. I immediately liked Ann Leach, and found her words comforting. I think I will be taking her advice, and this Christmas think about what I want to do, instead of what the family expects. This will be the first Christmas in my life, without my mother. So of course it will be full of memories. I think I would like to go somewhere else, away from the traditional memories and just have a quiet Christmas with my husband. Thank God he is understanding and will go along with whatever I suggest.

Just taking little steps.
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A friend is a gift you give yourself.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson