Celebrating Holidays:  Creating New Holiday Traditions!

Holidays are here.  The dread and loneliness that overwhelms a motherless daughter puts a damper on the season that we are supposed to be joyous about.  The grief is deep.  It is easy to stay in the pit.  If we have others who depend on us, we cannot stay there.  Not only the loss of a mother but sometimes dealing with difficult extended family members makes us say no thanks to any celebration, but . . .