If anyone else is finding Christmas Day hard, for ANY reason, please feel free to come to this thread. You can voice what you want /need to here.
I find Christmas Day very hard because, as many of you know,I had a highly abusive mother, and my memories of Christmas Day are terrible. The minute the lights in town start to go up I start to ffeel fear. Of course, that continues until Christmas Day itself. Then there are bereavements. My lovely grandmother.
So PLEASE feel free to come here if this is not a good day for you.
Lorraine xx
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I love you, Lorraine! You are a light in this world! ✨💚
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Thankyou so much Karla. And you are too. I love you too. ❤️
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Sending you warm hugs Lorraine.
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Brilliant idea my friend.
Christmas is not for everyone – despite what we are les to believe.
Sending you love and positivity today and always 🖤🖤🖤
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Thank you, Lorraine! I really miss my son and other family members! I’m isolated every day, but it’s especially depressing at the holidays. I also get sick each and every Christmas… Still have to make dinner and put on the fake happy face, and give the husband the obligatory presents so he doesn’t get mad and call me miserable. Just let this day be over!
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Hugs to Lorraine, Crystal, and everyone. 🤗🙏 I like this day, but for me it’s hard in its own way…. 💕
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You”ve already seen my thoughts on this day, which I penned early this morning because I couldn’t get to sleep as I felt too much like a hypocrite. I do hope that this day has been a peaceful one for you, and wish you the very best for the new year and beyond.
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Thankyou Colin. I can’t wait to get the day over. I positively hate it, and I SO agreed with all that you said. You could not have said it better. I just hate all of it, and for all the reasons you give. I am in solidarity. ❤️
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Crystal I’m really sorry it’s so bad for you too. I am sorry that you feel so alone even though you have a husband and it is exactly the same for me as my husband has been abusive in the past as well as my mother and so Christmases have terrible memories for me. My brother and sister rejected me completely after my mother‘s death because they and she were always together in things and I was the scapegoat and I’m sure that you will know about malignant narcissism. That’s what my mum was. Somehow or other I managed to make a life for myself spiralling away when I was 19 and made good mostly in the academic world. From what I felt about you you’ve done the same thing and they got yourself in many different ways. I must admit I find the traditional Christian faith really hard but maybe that’s just because people who claim to have it do not show it very well at least not the left side of it. I understand where you’re coming from when you mentioned the goddess I learnt a lot about that in my time. Like me you have turned to music as well and you have music is fantastic and how wonderful it would’ve been if we could’ve got together as we have so much in common. I so appreciate your block but just feel so very very sad that you to find Christmas so terrible. The putting on an act it’s just so horrible but some of us have to do it and I wish it were not so. I am sending you all the love and hugs in the world crystal. Please email me any time because you were so kind to me that night when I was feeling bad. Place now I amlways thwre for you too ❤️❤️❤️
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Thankyou Jenna. I think I know why it is hard for you in another way, and really appreciate that. Prayers and hugs for you too. I am glad that in general you enjoy the day thiugh. Hless you Henna ❤️❤️❤️
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Thankyou Sadje. Warm hugs back. ❤️
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Lorraine, sending you lots of love and warm hugs. ❤️
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Thankyou so much Punam ❤️
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Thanks Jenna! Peace and hugs to you!
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Lorraine I couldn’t reply to your comment for some reason, but thank you so much for your support and kindness! Hugs!
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Oh Crystal, Ivdon’t know why. I had that problem obce on soneone else’s blog. WP is most contrary. But youcare socwelcome xx
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I hope that tomorrow will be better 🙂
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Thanks. Once this damned charade is over Ivwill be find 😁
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I’ve always found Christmas hard. It’s a nerve-racking day. Sending hugs!
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A friend from Xanga posted on FB and wished that everyone be gentle with themselves today. She said that for many it wasn’t a day of joy but one of trauma. Accepting gentleness was a gift to one’s self to cushion the heart from the past… I hope gentleness for you today and every day!
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Take care.
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Hope you got through it ok, Lorraine! It’s over 🙌 I’m around on email as well as you know x
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Love you , Lorraine, a lot of love.❤
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Left to my own devices, I couldn’t care less about Christmas Day. I have spent my adult life just doing the ‘right thing’, and going with the flow of everyone around me.
Best wishes, Pete. x
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Thanks Pete. I thought of you yesterday, because I remembered you saying that once before, i too would not choose to have Christmas Day. But likebyou say, you have to go with the flow. Though we don’t now. We did not celebrate at all yesterday and were happy not to. I was SO glad for this place yesterday. In fact therebhave been many times when I would not have got by without WP. I owe it anlot, it being all I can do nowadays. I hope Ollie enjoyed his five presents though. Xx
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