Its beginning to look a lot like Christmas......NOT!!!!

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Hi Everyone,

I know Christmas is in the air and people are filled with holiday cheer but for many its not quite so. I find myself feeling the very cold and lonely draft of this Christmas season as I spend my first Christmas without my mom. The reality of living without her breaks my heart and sometimes threaten to sink me into a deep sadness. Christmas was my favourite time of year as I found it to be the only time you get the best out of people. Something about the wind, the music, the food and cheer that just brought merriment. A time to reflect on blessings and praises. This year it just does not seem so merry. I think of her always and the things we would do together during this time. Then I remember I will never see her sitting in her favourite chair or hear her voice call my name again. I have a friend that's going through the same thing and for us this a reality we must face and come to terms with but it will definitely not be easy. As the once Christmas cheer gives me nothing but sadness and despair.

We are living in different times. It appears this is no longer the season for giving but taking away. My heart goes out to the families of those children that lost their lives in that Newtown School tragedy. How could a young man take away something so precious, the symbols of hope and innocence that lives in our world? How could he have robbed them of their lives before they could even live it?There is definitely no Christmas for them and no Christmas for their families. This year will always be the year that someone stole Christmas from them. Now, all they feel is grief!

With all that said, there is something to look forward to. One day it will not hurt this badly. We will never forget but we will find the will to be cheerful again and restore faith in people. We will not live in fear but find peace. We will trust that God never sleeps and that everything will come to light. Soon enough it will begin to look a lot like Christmas again!

This goes out to everyone. You may not have lost a loved one but may feel lost for other reasons. These feelings too shall pass if you believe it and what you think you have lost you will find again.

Witty Wednesday