If you’re trying to find your way through a minefield of grief this Christmas, I hope you’ll know that you matter and your feelings are valid, even if they seem to be flying in the face of everyone else’s merry intentions.

You are not alone.

Here are some good suggestions from Psychology Today for coping w/ grief during the holidays:
🔗 https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/here-there-and-everywhere/202212/how-to-cope-with-grief-during-the-holidays-and-new-year
#grief #griefattheholidays

This will be my third Christmas without my beloved grandfather, a loss that left a hero-sized hole in my life. After he passed in 2020 at the age of 97, I wrote the following as a bit of a eulogy, shared now in recognition of all of us who are approaching the holidays through the filter of grief.

My eulogy:
https://jeffreyaward.wordpress.com/2022/12/08/eulogy-man-and-a-boat/

#Grief #GriefIsLove #GriefAtTheHolidays #Eulogy #WW2Veteran #HeroSizedHole

Me and my grandfather, Christmas 1972: