I am sitting here in tears for all that have lost loved ones so close to the holidays. I have been there. Christmas of 2005 my grandmother was ill and in the hospital. Now, I am not a religious person, but I "talked" to her and asked her to hang on and get through Christmas. She did. Then I asked her to hang on until after the new year. She did. On the night of the 2nd, I realized how selfish I was being and told her to go ahead and go that grandpa was waiting for her. She passed away early the next morning.

Hugs to everyone dealing with a loss right now.