Missing at Christmas

IT IS heartbreaking that Kate and Gerry McCann still buy a Christmas present for missing Madeleine.

I can understand the pain of a lost loved one. My son Craig died in 1983 and his daddy, Roger, in 1987.

Christmas and birthdays have been painful over the years. However, I have always found a way of making a special memory by donating a present at a church toy service or by a random act of giving to a special cause. Many people will endure the pain of a missing loved one at the festive season and my thoughts go out to all who see another year pass without their loved one.

PAT BOOTH, Seaton, Devon.