The Holiday Season can be troubling for many people who have lost loved ones, gone through divorce, and so many other reasons. Not everyone has a family to lean on, and spend time with. Some families offer a home base you can return to year after year to create wonderful memories. But what if you don’t have that?
As you get to know people and learn their stories, you’ll see the strength that rises out of difficult experiences. I have spent more than one Christmas alone in the past and it was not easy for me. Some years, I just waited for Christmas to end, for the movies to stop playing on TV and for life to return to “normal”. What I choose to do now is different.
When I got my Trailer, it was a difficult time. The Pandemic was in full effect and people were distant from one another. The first Christmas I had a tiny plant that was shaped like a Christmas Tree that my Man gave me. He was trying to cheer me up. The next Christmas I decided to put up a tree but didn’t have one so I went to the dollar store and bought a $10 Christmas Tree but I did not have much for ornaments.
I kept shopping at Thrift Stores for ornaments and little Christmas things. Since then I have acquired a nice collection of beautiful items. If you watched my Christmas Decorating video you’ll see how I decorated my $10 Tree this year. What I’m getting at, is I made a choice to celebrate Christmas. For years it was not a good time of year for me. Struggles still come up from time to time over the holidays but I choose more often than not, to be happy and have celebration in my spirit for the Holiday Season.
Do nice things for yourself that bring cheer to your life that feed your soul during this time of year. Maybe it’s flowers from the grocery store. Or shopping at discount stores for items that lift your spirits. It could be setting your dining room table to enjoy a homemade meal. Whatever you choose to do, make your own memories and choose to be happy in the moment.
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The year of my divorce, I had lost not only my man but three stepsons. I decided to buy a gift for me from each of them. As I opened each one, I said thank to them. In a way it was healing for me. Life goes on. Now I receive and give a gift to my sister and son who have come back into my life.
That’s a positive way to give yourself closure of one chapter and opening a new chapter of life! Great suggestion!