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Spending Christmas Alone After Losing Your Parents: How to Plan the Day and Feel Less Alone
Grief and Remembering Kelsey Cecil 10/19/26 Grief and Remembering Kelsey Cecil 10/19/26

Spending Christmas Alone After Losing Your Parents: How to Plan the Day and Feel Less Alone

Yes, it's okay to spend Christmas alone after your parents die, by choice or not. Pretending it's a normal day rarely helps. A loose plan for the hours, one small way to remember your parents, and at least one moment of real contact with another person usually do.

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Rally Takes the Train

A real corgi, a real train, and the grand-paw-rents waiting at the end of the line. Hand-painted, rhyming, and read again every night.

Written by Kelsey Lizee Cecil · Illustrated by Leslie Dunn · Ages 0 to 8 · 4.9 stars on Amazon

This website and book were made as a memorial to my parents, Thomas and Debra Lizee. Eric, Matt, the kids, and I miss you.

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