Re: The Holidays

karabeth · ‎07-02-2010

@Jordan2, Thank you for the Christmas wishes! You have a Merry Christmas and enjoy watching your favorite holiday movies.

qvcaddition · ‎03-10-2010

@Sooner wrote:
@Jordan2 wrote:
This time of year is always hard for me Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years. I am alone for the holidays, thinking of how much I miss my parents and brother. I just try to get through til the new year.
@Jordan2 I am so sorry for you and if my husband goes before me that will be me. All my family is gone, friends are dead or moved away and lost contact.

I can sympathize with your pain but of course I cannot feel it. My advice would be that as Kachina said, make the holidays also good days in your life, and do something to look forward to, and use the good cheer of the season to include you too.

Do something special, eat something you don't usually eat, and make days a little brighter, and don't focus on loss--truly be thankful today for what you had and how much they added to you and to who you are, and how much they would want you to be happier because of them. A blessing to you and to your memories, and prayers for some uplifting days ahead!

Thank you for what you said. I needed that right now.

Desertdi · ‎03-13-2010

@CalminHeart wrote:

I'd love to skip from Black Friday to New Year's Day. Christmas is my least favorite holiday.

@CalminHeart

Same here. I see Christmas as a "holy" day. I guess the commercialism has been going on for centuries, tho. di

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tototwo · ‎03-09-2010

My family and friends circle keeps getting smaller every year. I worry about my son. He's the yougest of the 4 of us left, and he's 50. In future years, he may be all alone.

* A woman is like a tea bag. You can't tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water. *
- Eleanor Roosevelt

RedTop · ‎09-01-2010

This was our first Christmas without my husband; he passed just hours into the new year. He is missed more than words can say, and our girls are still very teary at the mention of him.

I grieved for my husband thru the many years of his decline; watching his body fail was extremely hard. I stand firm on my faith that my husband is healed and with our loved ones, and my heart is at peace with 50 years of great memories. My faith tells me to continue living my life and not hold onto grief and sadness. My family has always celebrated Christmas for the reason for the season; I reminded the girls I will continue to do just that and I will do good things for others in their dads memory, but I will not turn this joyous holiday into a season of grief. We enjoyed a wonderful Christmas!

Jordan2 · ‎03-16-2010

@RedTop I'm so sorry for the loss of your husband. The death of a loved one is always difficult, but when it is around the holidays it feels so much worse. It's good you have a lifetime of memories of the two of you together. My mom was so happy she made 50 years of marriage with my dad, he died 8 months later.