Thanks for Loving me Georgia

Thanks for Loving me Georgia

After the Volvo Ocean Race and on my last day with the Cape Town nieces (Georgia – @georgie_xx_walsh and Holly – @hope_weird_) they both gave me hand made Chrismas Cards which reduced me to tears of love and affection. I promised myself that I would only open them on Christmas Day. This one is Georgia’s card to me.

Georgia is the oldest and destined for great things – she is organised, intelligent and capable. I can see all the awesome stuff from both parents in her.

Ja – I did have a little cry (again) on reading them. This is the first Christmas in my entire life that I have woken up to an empty home. Glynnis, Philip and Brittany are absent from my life and I am all alone for the start of this family day. It started with dread as I awoke at 3:30 am. I saved Georgia and Holly’s Christmas Cards until 7:00 am to open and read.

How awesome it feels to be loved – their Christmas Cards have now joined all the other handmade cards and gifts that I have kept over the years and will give me comfort in the years ahead.

I am deeply thankful to Georgia and Holly for making this difficult time one that is filled with love, for their gestures and kind words.

I pray that Georgia and Holly will never experience the pain that I feel right now – alone and without the family that I had for nearly 30 years. No-one should ever feel that pain.

My blessings are abundant, though, as I contemplate Christmas lunch with my Mother, Sister, Brother and his family.

#alanstraton #straton #mype – Taken by the Editor whilst wandering aimlessly about pretending to be in the know.