If you know a friend or family member who might be grieving over the holidays, I want to take the opportunity to offer some advice.
‘I am bereft, and Christmas with all its touching, family, sparkling happiness; feels like a cruel joke’I have always loved Christmas. I am the person who overbuys on the gifts; who meticulously wraps everything with little bits of lavender and gold ribbon before the first week in December; who wears the silly hat to dinners in town; who drinks too much mulled wine; who sings along loudly to Christmas songs.
I closed the door after waving my boys off to creche this morning and cried my eyes out. Unknowingly, I had been holding the tears all weekend. At the first sign of being alone – my body took over. I cried big ugly tears on the floor in the hall, with my cup of tea going cold beside me. I am bereft, and Christmas with all its touching, family, sparkling happiness; feels like a cruel joke. I want to take the opportunity to offer some advice. If you know a friend or family member who might be grieving over the holidays, give them a little break.
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