{"id":648,"date":"2023-12-30T17:53:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-30T17:53:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/?p=648"},"modified":"2023-12-30T17:53:30","modified_gmt":"2023-12-30T17:53:30","slug":"ilona-cole-guest-author-story-163","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/marcielsims.com\/index.php\/2023\/12\/30\/ilona-cole-guest-author-story-163\/","title":{"rendered":"Ilona Cole, Guest Author, Story 163"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

A Happy and Great New Year 2024<\/strong>!<\/p>\n\n\n

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A little story, a big gift, great blessings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This Christmas of 2023 is the 6th<\/sup> Christmas without my beloved husband, Hal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It does not become easier, it becomes more depressing and sadder each added year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But having to admit, there are rewards. Big gifts to me are my dear friends, such blessings! Such rewards! Such treasures! After six years I still get beautiful Christmas cards, calls, e-mails, wonderful visits and comments that touch my soul on Marcie\u2019s website from so many dear friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I feel so blessed, so honored and loved. The gift of all this, outweighs by far, the hurt and longing I feel for my Hal. Not all dear friends are able to visit, some moved away, and some cannot come the distance at this holiday time, but I hold them in my heart.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I know, I should never complain, I have so much to be thankful for, being ungrateful would take all the deep joy I feel away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Grateful, blessed, thankful are a big part of my long life and it becomes clearer to me with every added year, that I am very rich and have a warm and cozy feeling, that keeps me going.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you, my dearest friends from the heart for your continued friendship:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Love is the best of all feelings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

                                                                              Your Ilona<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A Happy and Great New Year 2024! A little story, a big gift, great blessings. This Christmas of 2023 is the 6th Christmas without my beloved husband, Hal. It does not become easier, it becomes more depressing and sadder each added year. But having to admit, there are rewards. Big gifts to me are my … <\/p>\n

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