Comments on: How to Survive the Holidays: Tips for Widows http://widow-speak.org/blog/2008/12/16/how-to-survive-the-holidays-tips-for-widows/ Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:32:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Gail http://widow-speak.org/blog/2008/12/16/how-to-survive-the-holidays-tips-for-widows/#comment-16190 Gail Wed, 17 Dec 2008 20:23:27 +0000 http://widow-speak.org/blog/2008/12/16/how-to-survive-the-holidays-tips-for-widows/#comment-16190 I lost my husband a little over two years ago to lung cancer. I've been fighting my way through the feelings of loss and thought I was doing a damn good job of it. A week ago, this past Monday, I came upon an accident scene. The woman died. She had been ejected from her car. I will never forget this...but it also reminded me how very, very precious life is. I had been trying to surmount my own feelings of loss...still...but this encounter forced me to realize that there is loss every day. Counting blessings doesn't always help...trying to get through that next day doesn't always allow you to see the blessings...but encountering the passing of another...that does. It was a wake-up for me. The loss of her death was the birth of my new life. Just like the spirit in which Christmas should be. I pray that you all feel the birth of your new life. I don't know you, but I am there with you in heart and spirit. I lost my husband a little over two years ago to lung cancer. I’ve been fighting my way through the feelings of loss and thought I was doing a damn good job of it.

A week ago, this past Monday, I came upon an accident scene. The woman died. She had been ejected from her car.

I will never forget this…but it also reminded me how very, very precious life is. I had been trying to surmount my own feelings of loss…still…but this encounter forced me to realize that there is loss every day.

Counting blessings doesn’t always help…trying to get through that next day doesn’t always allow you to see the blessings…but encountering the passing of another…that does.

It was a wake-up for me. The loss of her death was the birth of my new life. Just like the spirit in which Christmas should be. I pray that you all feel the birth of your new life. I don’t know you, but I am there with you in heart and spirit.

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