Inside: Comfort and encouragement for those who have lost a loved one in recent years and struggle with grief at Christmas.
Four years ago, keeping Christmas saved me.
In 2018, I spent many December days running around like a chicken with my head cut off—to see my dad at the hospital, in rehab and then finally in long-term care with my mom; to his lawyer’s office, his banks, the investment broker’s office and my parents’ home in a neighboring town; to the places I needed to go to keep my own household running through the holidays.