Dear Ella,
Made it - out the other side of Christmas.
We gathered at Allington (just as you had planned and wanted Christmas last year) and just "were" as a group of friends and family. Grateful to be with people we love, to laugh, enjoy and take pleasure in time old Christmas traditions. How lucky are we?
I could feel your absence, as could we all in our various ways. It was good to sit quietly with you at the start of the day in your room gathering energy and resilience for the festivities ahead.
Familiar "in between" days and time now - useful to pause, reflect and mark the passing of one year and the start of the next. Today the skies were blue and the sun bright - optimism was in the air - circling and pointing the way - I am willing to follow that route.
Lots of love
Mum
XXX
It was a lovely day your Mum arranged for us all, you would have loved it and were, of course, sorely missed, love Uncle Bob
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