Are the holidays stressful for you?

[Ina]

Butterfly, I'm with you. My husband and son died last year, and except for one person, not one other family member thought I needed anything this whole year, not a phone call much less a visit. Now because they feel guilty I get three invites to dinner. No thank you, I think I can do Christmas on my own.

 

[jujube]

I tend to feel "let down" after Christmas. I can't let go of Christmasses of old filled with family and fun and it's just not like that any more. In my mind, I have accepted this but my heart hasn't. I did enjoy getting to see my granddaughter (and her cute little baby bump) this year and we did spend Christmas Eve at my daughters (and my son-in-law was less obnoxious than usual) so it wasn't a total loss. I decorated the heck out of the house for the first time in five years and that was fun.