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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cfs-file/__key/system/syndication/atom.xsl" media="screen"?><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xml:lang="en-US"><title type="html">First Christmas &amp;amp; New Year without him</title><subtitle type="html" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/first_christmas__new_year_without_him/atom</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/first_christmas__new_year_without_him" /><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/first_christmas__new_year_without_him/atom" /><generator uri="http://telligent.com" version="12.1.2.21912">Telligent Community (Build: 12.1.2.21912)</generator><updated>2011-01-03T13:57:02Z</updated><entry><title>My first Christmas &amp; New Year without him</title><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/first_christmas__new_year_without_him/posts/my-first-christmas-amp-new-year-without-him" /><id>https://community.macmillan.org.uk/cancer-blogs/b/first_christmas__new_year_without_him/posts/my-first-christmas-amp-new-year-without-him</id><published>2011-01-03T12:57:02Z</published><updated>2011-01-03T12:57:02Z</updated><content type="html">&lt;p&gt;Well it&amp;#39;s over at last, &amp;nbsp;thank goodness. This is the worst Christmas and New Year I&amp;#39;ve ever had. It&amp;#39;s 8 weeks since my wonderful husband died and I&amp;#39;m absolutely lost without him. Friends and family have been great, but they can&amp;#39;t replace the love of my life. A neighbour asked me how Christmas had gone and I said &amp;#39;awful&amp;#39;. She said it would be the same every year as Frank had died so near Christmas. That&amp;#39;s something to look forward to! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Back to working full days tomorrow, after only working half days for the past 5 weeks. I&amp;#39;ll be pleased to get back to &amp;#39;normal&amp;#39;. My boss has been great and is still letting me have time off to go to the Hospice at Home support group, on Tuesday mornings. But will I ever be truly happy again! Is there a life after the death of a partner!&lt;/p&gt;
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