Articles tagged with: christmas eve
Holidays and other special days are times that we miss our loved ones more acutely. It is these family gatherings where everyone is joyful that make the void feel more enormous.
After suffering through my first …
In 1987, when I was eighteen years old, my mother was diagnosed with an aggressive form of leukemia two weeks prior to Christmas. We brought Christmas to her in her hospital room that year in …
I could not afford to fly home for Christmas on my meagre salary and begrudgingly accepted my festive destiny: being alone. Well, technically, I was not alone, if I was to include the critters quietly …
The creamy white sand dollars felt velvety and cool moving through my fingers. I had removed them from the kitchen windowsill, attempting to examine them more closely. I was hoping to discover something new about …
By – © 2009 Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT
As a hospice bereavement counselor who also specializes in pet loss, I’ve encountered in my support groups and through my Web sites many distraught animal lovers whose beloved …
2009 by Marty Tousley, CNS-BC, FT
As a hospice bereavement counselor who also specializes in pet loss, I’ve encountered many distraught animal lovers whose beloved dogs or cats have gone missing. These animals may have escaped …
By Yvonne E. Lancaster
On December 22, 1986, our son Brian was killed by a drunk driver.??? We buried him two days later on Christmas Eve.? Brian was 19 years old and a sophomore in college.? …
By Eric Tomei —
This is a season to reflect on things that matter the most. Here are three things that I do to remember my dad.
1. Celebrate the little things he did for us.
When …
By Michele Neff Hernandez –
There is a song on the radio at this time of year, sung by the Carpenters, called “Merry Christmas, Darling.”? The first Christmas after my husband Phil died, hearing this song …
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