Managing difficult emotions during the holidays
I recently encountered two tragic events on the same day during Thanksgiving week, which made celebrating difficult. We are human and during the holiday season we can get wrapped up in expectation of holiday cheer. We forget that life actually happens where there are moments of good, bad, beautiful, and ugly. When a tragedy strikes during the holidays, it is as if we are sucker punched. We spiral into a deep sadness, while the rest of the world seems to celebrate. Holida