Sometimes.....

Things are winding down...the last few days before the Christmas shopping "rush" although this year, it has been more of a slow stroll.

It is not an easy time of year for some of us....lost loved ones, lost jobs, or a sense of not feeling the Christmas spirit the way it used to feel.

Like most things, this too shall pass....eventually. Not the facts of your loss but the overwhelming feelings that may occupy a lot of your time. That is what helps me get through it because I am one of those people who don't especially love this time of year any more. The Christmas season makes me realize how much I miss my Mom who left this Earth on March 6, 2007, just after I opened Tattered Rose in Edmonton. It also makes me think of my family who are far away that I can't be with.

I usually cannot listen to Christmas songs in stores because the tears well up in my eyes and sometimes even make it down my cheeks. I thought it was only the sappy ones but the other day, while in Petsmart buying food for our cats the the wild birds that hang out in our pine tree outside, I found myself getting emotional while "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was playing. Crazy.

But I am very happy to have helped some of my customers find special gifts for their loved ones....that makes it worthwhile for me.

I always breathe a sigh of relief the day after New Years Eve. The holidays are done for another year and I can get on with my normal amount of crying for lost loved ones, which is only now and then.

For everyone who feels this way, I reach out to you and give you a hug. Sometimes all we need is a hug from a friend.

It will be OK.

Merry Christmas everyone.

Love,

Carol
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