Ohh the Holiday Blues...
I began to hate the saying time heals all wounds right around the second holiday season I spent without my dad. People kept saying that after awhile it doesn't hurt as much, but I wonder if they actually believed it or were just trying to soothe me at the time.
I have learned that grieving is a timeless, endless battle that we all deal with on a daily basis. It might not be the full on "ugly cries", but every day I think about the people I have lost with a simple rise of the sun or a smell that brings on a memory.
The holiday season is a terrible time for people who have lost loved ones and in my experience it doesn't get easier over time. In my case I feel like it almost gets worse as the memories of Christmas with my dad seem to be getting blurrier and blurrier as the years creep by. The holidays bring on that empty seat syndrome were you half expect to see the person sitting at the table and then finally remembering that they won't be coming.
It makes it slightly easier knowing that our angels are having their own feast and celebration up in heaven. That every day they seem to manage a sunset, a song that comes on at the exact moment you need it to, etc to let the world know they are still there.
to the specchios and to all who have lost a loved one this holiday season..
I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with as little holiday blues as possible...we are all thinking of you and our angel Em in the sky...
love,
Carly
I have learned that grieving is a timeless, endless battle that we all deal with on a daily basis. It might not be the full on "ugly cries", but every day I think about the people I have lost with a simple rise of the sun or a smell that brings on a memory.
The holiday season is a terrible time for people who have lost loved ones and in my experience it doesn't get easier over time. In my case I feel like it almost gets worse as the memories of Christmas with my dad seem to be getting blurrier and blurrier as the years creep by. The holidays bring on that empty seat syndrome were you half expect to see the person sitting at the table and then finally remembering that they won't be coming.
It makes it slightly easier knowing that our angels are having their own feast and celebration up in heaven. That every day they seem to manage a sunset, a song that comes on at the exact moment you need it to, etc to let the world know they are still there.
to the specchios and to all who have lost a loved one this holiday season..
I wish you a very Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year with as little holiday blues as possible...we are all thinking of you and our angel Em in the sky...
love,
Carly
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