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Book of Me, Written by Me - Prompt 19

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Julie, from Angler's Rest has devised a series of prompts for a meme that will run for 15 months and t his week’s prompt is –   Who Do You Miss? Having just gone through the Festive season our thoughts turn to those not with us.  Whether that is people who live elsewhere and that we will not see over the festive season People that have passed away. Who do you miss? Why do you miss them? Them as an individual Something specific to them Christmas at Nungara Street circa 1973 - I am seated between my uncle and my aunt.  My grandfather is to the right of my aunt. At Christmas time it is inevitable that I miss my mother who died 18 years ago.  Ghosts of Christmas past and all that. Mummy loved Christmas.  Her passion for getting things "just right" tended to drive us all a bit barmy.  She always wanted a bigger tree, a bigger turkey and inevitably burned the midnight oil cooking or preparing something.  W...