Our third Christmas without Nora and it seemed even harder to go through the motions for this one… Sadly, our friend Tony (the partner of Andrea from our band) died on Dec 21, making our days even more solemn and reflective. He was a very loving man, and loved Nora & Kate very much.
Kate chose to stay in the city for Christmas day because that is what she remembers most of Christmas’ with her sister. We did what we could to get through. Maya took her up to her in-laws Christmas tree farm, and Kate picked out a big and little tree for the house this year. We did some visiting with friends leading up to Christmas, and she had a fun time opening presents on Christmas morning.
Little tree in her room, Dec 15, 2019 
Big tree, Christmas morning, 2019
We headed up to the cottage on Boxing Day and met Jackie & Derek there, and Sophie, Chris & Fisher came up for a couple nights like last year. New Year’s eve we were on our own again, and played a game of Monopoly as a tribute to Nora.
Ice heart for Nora, Dec 29, 2019 
Snowy hike, Jan 1, 2020
We started our new decade without Nora with very heavy hearts so kept busy in the beautiful outdoors. Kate built an awesome snowman she named Billy Bop Bob with his pet pig. She got very attached to them, so when the weather was so warm that they melted before we left, many tears were shed. We also planned and prepared for her upcoming birthday party weekend.
