Holidays

MOTHER’S DAY When we are young, we celebrate Mother’s Day in honor of our mother’s and grandmother’s. Life is easy, no cares, no worries and no responsibilitiesWe become adults and have our own childrenMother’s Day is then a day to honor usWe celebrate with our childrenIt is a day full of joy and happiness.

     Top 5 Tips for Tough Holiday Festivities - after Loss

It’s the happiest time of the year, right?

              Everyone can master a grief but he that has it.  Shakespeare

Where there is love, there is pain.  English Proverb 

Hi friends,It was my honor to join Dr. Gloria and Dr. Heidi Horsley for this radio broadcast. If you've lost a parent or maybe someone else you love, I hope this message will lighten your heart for a few moments.  

Today I sent my Christmas cards to those that I loveBut the one I couldn't send was to you up above.In your Christmas card what would I say?That I wish I could see you everyday.Would I wish you Happy Holidays just like the rest?To wish I could hold you would be in my jest.

A Tree Full of Memories Christmas was my absolute favorite time of the entire year. Every nook and cranny was filled with yule adornment. Not a corner of the house was safe from this self-proclaimed Christmas Freak! One year we even hung assorted ornaments on a fake palm tree, lovingly dubbing it the “Bahama-Mama” tree, because in our family one Christmas

 Since writing my angel books, I have received so many emails from people who have gone through losses of family members.  Almost all of the letters are about how they hope to get through the holidays.  It is as if Christmas in light of a loss has become an occasion to merely tolerate--or sleep through--in hopes that it will magically disappear.

The holidays seem to magnify emotions of grief as music, events, even aromas can remind us of the person we are missing. Our family lost two close family members within weeks of the holidays, one right before Thanksgiving and the other two years later on December ninth. I remember thinking it would be nice to just pull the covers over my head and wake up in January.