The Weary who Rejoices
Thanksgiving... Christmas... New Years... The next two months will be full of celebration. We may sit at big tables filled with family members eating delicious food. We may tell each other what we are grateful for or do Thanksgiving crafts. We may fill the stores to shop for the perfect gifts for our loved ones. We might sing Christmas carols while decorating the tree and the house. We might watch all the classic Christmas movies. We may attend church services hearing of the birth of Jesus. We might do Christmas crafts. We might open presents and stockings on Christmas morning. We might count down to the New Year. We might make new goals and have visions for what the next year might look like. As a kid, it seemed like the most magical time of the year. This perfect image of what the holidays should be like is often not the reality. The holidays have not been the same for me since I turned 16. There has been so much loss since that time. Now, every year,...