Holiday Grieving

THE HOLIDAYS ARE A PARTICULARLY CHALLENGING GRIEF TRIGGER. IT HELPS TO HAVE GOOD COMPANY THAT CAN RELATE.

I have mixed feelings about Christmas. It’s perhaps the ultimate crossover event. Celebrated by both believers and secularists alike, everything about it reeks of celebration and revelation: virtually every building festooned with light and color; intricately (or on occasion, clumsily) wrapped gifts raising hope and anticipation; ornately decorated tree…