I totally understand why you don't want to celebrate; trust me I do! Your person is not here! However, celebrating just may be exactly what you need to begin your healing!

When you choose to be of service to someone during this time of year you come to realize that you focus less and less on yourself and more on the gift of life and love

We made it through to the other side! Praise God! Our first Christmas without him was hard however, the kids and I made a conscious effort to create  new memories/traditions.

Reality is really settling in. Not only did we have to celebrate his birthday son after his death now we have to figure out how to get through Christmas & New Years without him

You have had to deal with so much! Funeral arrangements, possibly selling the house, the kids. closing accounts etc etc. That you have not had anytime for yourself! You know what....NOW is YOUR time! Now is the time to reinvest in YOU!

This new life is not easy! Everyday presents some type of challenge, however; I had to learn to extend myself grace because I am not going to get it right every time and that's okay!

OMG! The thought of dating again scares the hell out of me! Do I really want to do this?

You are going to experience different situations along your grief journey that will trigger your grief! Listen let me tell you.....I struggled for so long with so many different things triggering my grief. I finally got to a point on my grief journey where instead of me looking at the triggers as a way of reliving my grief to a way of finding the joy in remembering my husband.