Raise your hands if you are alone this New Years Eve. DU give us some New Year love.
As I write this it is 2230 in my corner of the planet and I sit alone listening to the fireworks outside. I am using my time alone this eve to reflect on the last year, much of which has been horrid, as many as you know, and some of which has been absolutely splendid. But I am still alone on NYE and that is lonely. I have much loved friends and family, but with Omi being nasty in London - that was never going to happen. So for all of us, for whatever circumstance find ourselves alone - a DU spirited hug of marvelousness seems like a plan.
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Especially when we ring in the New Year!
So here's my spirited hug of marvelousness for you! 
And let us hope for a much better New Year.
Another hug for good measure! 
Happy New Year, dear Soph!
This is a nard one, Next year will be easier, 
Making shrimp scampi that I’ll share with my dog and 23 yr old cat, find something good on Netflix, and watch the snow come down. 
classic "oldies" and have the "top-four" college football bowl games on tv muted but playing in the background. After yesterday's horrific fires in nearby South Boulder, Louisville, and Superior, CO, seeing the snow fall gently is tremendous on the soul. (Second only to my warm, sleeping, and very content pup).
May all find happiness in the hope of a much better New Year.
2 days. The best thing was they made sure he felt no pain at all. Sending you both
Sorry for your loss, MLAA.
I'm sure you're treasuring your time with him, hard as it is. And I'm glad hospice is there to make things easier for both of you.
I don't like "endings," so I really never celebrate New Year's Eve. I can wake up tomorrow filled with delight at the start of a bright, shiny new year and be filled with hope and optimism, at least for 24 hours or so. I wish all of us a very, very happy new year!
Have a great night 
I almost hope I test positive tomorrow morning so we can spend the day together. (Not really, but at least we are both vaxxed and boosted.)
Sending you some DU love, Soph0571--and a picture of my cat Phoebe to cheer you up.
Mom and Sis having dinner downstairs. Eating mine here then putting mom to bed at 8:30.
That's it.
I tried a bereavement group this morning and I was the only one there (...only in my world!)
...besides the Chaplin who runs it ...I did so want a group so I could just sit and listen to their stories and concerns 
so, yes, I am alone tonight... I put the chickens (my only companions these days) to bed, made some coffee, checking DU and now just might watch a movie... or???
enjoy the evening everyone!!
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Being the only person there in the bereavement group is so bad it would be comical if it were in a movie. But real life, ouch.
I hope you find a good movie. I'm going to look for one, too.
having a hard time processing my husband's death and need a group... I can still laugh though... he would have wanted me to!!
I tell everyone this is our last official portrait together... really, us by the end of the day towards the end (he was very sick and we had tough times)
My sister is 50 miles of snowy roads away. My son and DIL are just across town but she is sick. I can't even visit the grand puppies. I will have phone calls and text messages so none of us are forgotten.
Happy New Year DU!! 
You definitely get a big DU hug.
I am alone, too.
I thought about going out with my friend who was widowed this year to dinner at one of our favorite restaurants that managed to survive these last two years. But, not now. Our Covid case numbers are a straight line up--more reported new cases in the last few days than since January of this year.
So, I am going to fix myself a nice dinner and toast the New Year in alone.
for 4 days, he suffered seizures & stopped breathing after contracting pneumonia (not Covid). He's awake and off the vent now; I stayed visiting with him as long as I could tonite. His speech and thinking are slowed due to the hypoxia & seizures, but I'm thankful he is alive. Thankful he was able to get treatment and an ICU bed here in SE Wisconsin.
Happy New Year to all of DU. Extra Cheers to all us loners.
