Posts Tagged: merry

A Merry Christmas Message

December 25th, 2012
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Merry Christmas

Dear Readers,

May you and your loved ones have a very Merry Christmas!
The holiday season may remind you of a special person who is no longer with you, just as I am reminded of my husband who died nine years ago.  Our lives have been forever changed and so have we.
But there is always hope for a renewed future; a future that we can purposely rebuild so that we may move forward.  You are not alone.
We bring our loved ones with us as we slowly figure out our new lives and as we do, we … Read More

Holidays 101

January 11th, 2011
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This is to all of you who white-knuckled it through the holidays … After eight years of celebrating the holidays without my deceased husband, I know this for sure: you can make the holidays anything you want them to be. Only you know how much you can take of the 24-hour holiday music that follows you wherever you go, the marathon holiday parties and the general holly jolly holiday atmosphere. This may sound simplistic but it’s not. You need to give yourself permission to do what you think you can handle and nothing more. You don’t have to celebrate the… Read More