As much as I love Thanksgiving and Christmas, I am thankful they're past...at least for another year.  There was such an ache in my heart throughout the entire month of December...I just wanted the holidays to be past and behind me yet it seemed the month drug by ever so slowly.  Trying to stay upbeat and festive for the sake of my children was difficult, but we made it…

During the first few months after my husband passed, I remember looking at the calendar and thinking, "Wow! It's already been 4 months? It feels like it was just last week." However, it has not stayed that way. Time seems to be interminable since October. Lately, I look at the calendar and think, "It's only been a little over 7 months? It feels like eternity!" When you're…