Okay, so Christmas cards were Donna’s thing; I printed labels and stuck them on envelopes. Back in 2023, she made sure everyone knew that she had ALS, and that was just one more hurdle for her to jump over. But her life turned out to be a lot shorter than we thought; she passed away before 2024’s Christmas card season arrived. Most everyone that was a relative or close friend of ours knew of her passing, and I did not send cards out for Christmas. What I did was to send a thank you postcard to everyone that mailed me a card.
Not everyone who we sent cards to always reciprocated all the time. This year I received cards from 3 sets of people that, for whatever reason, did not send a card last year. All three belong to the periphery of the family/friend circle, so their cards were addressed to Mr. & Mrs. or Brian & Donna. For 2 of them I have sent thank you notes for the card and let them know that Donna has passed away.
The third card I’m not sure about. It came from Dan & David Smith*. The address that is in the spreadsheet is the same, but the only name associated with it is Nancy. I can’t recall exactly, but I think the names used to be Dan & Nancy Smith way back when. So what happened to Nancy? And who is David?
*The names have been changed to protect the innocent.