Merry Christmas, Mom - Part XI

When I say that you were a wonderful mother and person, i'm being sincere.
The memory of the last Christmas that we shared is something I hold dear.
We spent many Christmases together but we won't be able to do it again.
We'll spend Christmases together in Heaven in the future but I don't know when.
Back in 2012, I gave you and Dad two presents each on Christmas Eve.
You passed away less than three months later and it was hard to believe. 
I didn't realize just how sick that you were.
Your death was painful and hard to endure.
If I'd known that the Christmas of 2012 would be our last Christmas, I would've appreciated it more.  
I will always appreciate and cherish the final Christmas we shared and all of the Christmases before.  
You and Dad are both gone and I can't spend another Christmas with either of you.
I want to wish you and Dad a Merry Christmas because it's the proper thing to do.

[Dedicated to Agnes Marie Johnson (1948-2013) who passed away on March 6, 2013]