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Originally Posted by Richard B
Everyone is welcome at my place. Come one, come all.
I want to share something with everyone. My family, through the generations, have always had families later in life. So in my child years I had to watch my family members die, many around Christmas, some of old age and others taken way too soon. The stories I could tell you about how I have lost so many dear family members would make us all cry. But this is not what my post is about. I used to get very blue during these holiday times...but after awhile I would remember just how special these times were to my relatives and how I know, just know, that they would frown on me for being so sad and blue at a time of year, that if they were alive, they would enjoy. Not one of them would ever want me to feel bad that they were gone and that I was miserable. So with this spirit I celebrate for them all and for others I don't even know. It makes it so much easier. There is still good in the world and it is needed now more than ever.
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Thanks Richard....you make a lot of good points. My Dad loved to have fun more than anyone I know, and everytime I have a good laugh I think of him. I'm going to do my best to remember that, this season!