Last year, I sent holiday cards to all my '94 clients just because I
thought it would be a nice thing to do.  I was repaid in an unexpected
way.  In selecting the right card for each client (Boy?  Girl?), I
found myself picturing the family together, with the baby older now and
maybe enjoying the lights, learning to walk, smiling.  I could picture
those families that hadn't continued breastfeeding still enjoying
parenthood, still having a good relationship with the baby.  Those cards
gave me a degree of closure *I* (who lie awake at night fretting over
clients) really needed.

I'm shopping around for postcards this year, in a search for cheaper
closure...

Diane Wiessinger, MS, IBCLC  LLLL  Ithaca, NY