Ace's Mom: Ace-less Christmas

Ace's Mom: Ace-less Christmas: Christmas 2014. Nine years of celebrating Christmas without Ace.This Christmas Season has been a particularly rough one, for whatever reaso...

Ace-less Christmas

Christmas 2014. Nine years of celebrating Christmas without Ace.This Christmas Season has been a particularly rough one, for whatever reason. There is no rhyme or reason to the feelings and anyone who has lost a child would probably agree; one hour you are fine and the next not so fine. Could it be the images of military personnel arriving home to wildly happy families? Maybe. Could it be all the news about policemen? (Yes, I know exactly what Andy would say about the current state of affairs!) The Christmas movies and music abound so maybe they spark something?

In any event, it is what it is. There are probably folks that can relate to the attacks of unsolicited melancholy that can just happen but I know that Ace would not have tolerated sadness at this special time of year.  I do try to count my blessings through the tears and treasure Ace's friends that reach out to us all the time, but particularly today.

  We have a wonderful family with a caring, beautiful step granddaughter, a healthy new grandson, my almost 90 year old Mom, my siblings, Pete & Nate, who never cease to make me laugh and their ladies, both who have become daughters to me, great friends, and a husband that puts up with me. For those of you struggling with the holidays, just remember that there are others experiencing the same feelings and it is okay, just remember all the goodness in your life. Don't let the sadness take charge!

I hope all of you have a Merry Christmas and a healthy and happy New Year and try to remember, like me "That there is nothing to be unhappy about".~ Andy "Ace" Nowacki

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