YOUR MOST TREASURED CHRISTMAS CARD

my most treasured Christmas card was the one I was never destined to receive

sadly my Mother fell over in Spring 2002 and broke her hip – it took nearly two weeks before it was discovered that she had

For the next 8/9 months we visited her every day in hospital apart from the times that a social worker deemed it possible she could cope for herself – imagine having to carry a meal from a microwave to a table while you need to support yourself by both hands to just be able to stand up

my mother was a teacher who commanded a class of 30 children but ended up as just a person in a hospital bed though she managed to retain her dignity throughout it all

So for me the card I never received in 2002 is the most poignant one to me

@annette-curtain wrote:

@boojangle wrote:

@tinks wrote:

my most treasured christmas card………well i have 2……..every year i have put my cards from my children into their keep-sake baskets along with all the other things i have kept…….when i look through the baskets i will enjoy every memory thats attached to each item.

I have a basket the same Tinks .. we call it the ‘memory box’ there are cards for every occasion dating back to when i was small in there that I sent to my parents … Ive just recently started to separate certain things with the intention of giving the older children their own boxes …. wonderful reminders of times gone!

Goodness me boo & Tinks…. I have what i call a memory box too … And did what you are doing now, and gave to both my sons when they left home . They both now have added to it , and call it their memory box too . I think it is a wonderful idea.

We used to sit for hours when they were younger, going throught it , and reliving the memories …..
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I started the baskets with the intention of giving them to my children probably the day they got married……or some memorable occasion……..but my son gets married next March and I know deep down inside I will never want to part with them.