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Empty Seat Holiday Blues

  • Female
  • Born Nov 20, 1944
  • United States
This page is for anyone with an empty seat at their dinner table this holiday season. Let's celebrate our friends and family and create some new traditions to remember our loved ones.
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The Blues

I made this tribute because I'm missing my Dad. Thanksgiving is almost here and I don't know if I'm going to be able to look at my Mom next to that empty seat. My Dad's name was Ernesto Ortiz, he has 5 kids and 14 grandkids and he was a wonderful man .

Soon it will be Christmas. I can't believe he's been gone for almost an entire year. I want to remember my Dad for the holidays and I want my kids to keep the tradition of this memorial alive. If you've got someone you want to remember feel free to add your memory to this tribute or join my group and we can come up with some good traditions together.

Love and Thanks, Melina.

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My Memory

Alyosha Dec 26, 2007

My father died ten years ago, and my mother died three years ago. Although I have some very caring cousins and friends, I feel intensely lonely at the holidays. The celebrations have become empty for me, no matter how I try to maintain the traditions we shared, and which I miss. We, too, have the tradition of setting an empty place at the Christmas Eve table, for the 'lonely traveller'. My new holiday reality has become an empty table. I really don't know how to handle this all.

My Memory

Jenny McCabe Dec 21, 2007

This year my husband and I are spending our Christmas away from family and loved ones as we have moved away from the UK on our retirement. But we will remembering them particlarly my parents who have both passed away, and who are reunited once more.

My thoughts and prayers are with those who may be alone over this holiday period and have nothing but their memories. If you know of anyone like this pay them a visit it would help so much.

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Richard Derks Dec 19, 2007

He oma, ik ga deze kerst met Melanie en de kinderen samen zijn. Hopelijk komt mama ook nog langs. Ik moest vandaag erg denken waarom ik me druk maakte om zaken, terwijl jij er niet meer bent. Ik hoop dat ik de beheersing heb om vaker aan je te denken als ik weer doordraaf. xxx

For William Andrew Wall II

Deborah Dec 19, 2007

Christmas with Jesus

I see the countless Christmas trees around the world below,
with tiny lights, like heaven's stars, reflecting on the snow.
The sight is so spectacular, please wipe away that tear,
for I am spending Christmas with Jesus Christ this year.
I hear the many Christmas songs that people hold so dear,
but the sounds of music can't compare with the Christmas choir up here.
I have no words to tell you, the joy their voices bring,
for it is beyond description, to hear the angels sing.
I know how much you miss me. I see the pain inside your heart,
but I am not so far away. We really aren't apart.
So be happy for me dear ones. You know I hold you dear,
and be glad I'm spending Christmas, with Jesus Christ this year.
God sends you each his special gift, from my heavenly home above.
A promise wrapped in scarlet, his Son's undying love.
After all "Love" is the gift, more precious than pure gold.
It was always most important in the stories Jesus told.
Please love and keep each other, as my Father said to do,
for I can't count the blessings he holds for each of you.
So, have a Merry Christmas and wipe away that tear.
Remember, I'm spending Christmas, with Jesus Christ this year.

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