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Nirvana Azzopardi Ciavola’s mother Anna chooses Pink magazine, out with Times of Malta tomorrow, to talk about her first Christmas without her only daughter, who succumbed to breast cancer after a two-year battle in October.

Losing a child is most unnatural for a parent, and probably even harder when it concerns an only child.

But Nirvana’s mother talks about keeping traditions alive exactly the way they were for the sake of her two grandsons, as well as how much she has learnt about raising children from her own daughter.

While the pain and sadness are not about to leave her, Anna has managed to concentrate on the positive stories that have emerged from the loss of her one and only daughter.

Resorting to notes she jots down during her daily chores, chronicling her daughter’s words and deeds as she prepared to die, she focuses on how truly proud of her she is. The Christmas issue also tackles other hard stories that have a silver lining, as well as looking into the dilemma and trauma parents experience when sharing their children’s custody with an ex-partner and having to spend the big day alone for this reason.

Pink also takes on some tips to reduce the pressure that Christmas preparations can cause; giving is the theme of the relationships section, while how to give bad news is also tackled from the psychological point of view.

In an interview with tennis champion Maria Sharapova, read how she is a role model in more ways than one; check out your horoscopes for the New Year; and get your fill of fun fashion, food, beauty, humour and home decor.

Pink is a monthly women’s magazine, published and produced by Allied Newspapers Ltd and printed by Progress Press.

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