Shining a New Light on the Holidays
Being a product of the self-help era, I recently turned to the book from the local grief center on how to make it through the holidays. As I read, the tips seemed familiar. Ben and Jack were just 7 and 8 when their father and I divorced and I first learned how to recreate the holidays. This year my children, now grown, will fly in from opposite coasts for Christmas. Those same feelings of angst about how I will make it all okay come over me. Their stepfather, my husband, John, died in September. I am a good planner. For