Sonia George faces a painful Christmas without her children

Joshua George

Today when 37-year-old Sonia George opens her eyes, unlike many, her heart would not be merry it would be heavy and she would be crying. This is her first Christmas without her children and worse, two of her five children are dead.

“I can’t think about Christmas and I know I can’t stay at home this Christmas, the pain would be too much for me I would miss my children,” George told the Sunday Stabroek just two days before Christmas.

George’s sons, Joshua George, 3, and his brother Anthony George, 6, perished during an early morning fire at the Hadfield Street-based Drop-in Centre on July 8. The two were