ive benn told by carers and mental health workers this is the worst time of year, as a lot of people loose elderly due to the cold whether. its not depressing for me, but for some it is

seeing people write they have lost children in the family breaks my heart, im so sorry

This will be xmas #10 since Gwen died. Life goes on, kids are busy doing their thing & won't be around. I am here by MY choice & just look forward to the times we do get to be together. Anyone needing a friend to chat with, holler at this old man.

MERRY CHIRSTMAS TO ALL.

huggz for a sweet gal.!!!!

im sorry sage

and merry christmas to you

Christmas time is a magical time of the year for my family. This has been a very difficult year for me health wise, but my faith is strong and I know I will get through it.

For people that have lost loved ones or are lonley, this time of the year can be the worst for them. Depression is a terrible place to be, I have watched people deal with it for years. They don't want to be depressed it is actually a chemical imbalance in the brain.

To everyone who is feeling down or lonely I send you
. God bless you all.

Both Thanksgiving and Christmas is sad for me.
I spent Christmas of 1996 in Fla. watching my Father slowly die from complications of diabetes. And thanksgiving of 2000 morning the loss of my Mother a week earlier. I can not get into the spirit of Christmas because of all the media hype to buy buy buy. They actually start in September now with the first of the shopping blitz.

Christmas can be one of the most difficult times to "get through" because it heightens our senses of awareness, I think. Unless, like N2S suggests, we do for others, we tend to focus on what we no longer have ie: friendships, family members, jobs, homes, etc.; things we may have had in happier, more prosperous seasons of our lives.

It is only when we focus on OTHERS that we can truly appreciate the season.

No doubt it is a difficult endeavor, if you are hurting. Be determined to give just a little love away this Christmas. That seed you plant by doing so may very well yeild a garden of joy for another hurting person.

Merry Christmas to all of my JSH friends~~~~~~~~

I always experience a hard time during these holidays. But I now accept them as they are expected. It is amazing how it happens. This blur that rushes by with reflections of this year. I ponder the new things I have learned and the challenges of that year in which were hard, though made me stronger. Then as I am sitting up high, something knocks me down. The worst has not come until now. As I get up from the blow that knocked me to the floor, I hear singing, I see warm glasses, I see families laughing and sharing another moment in time that will never be forgotten and I say to myself "I made it. This is yet another beautiful year". Then comes New Years with new hopes for the future.

It never fails.

my last few holidays have sucked for one reason or another. I'm trying to hold a positive outlook on things this year, but it's still hard. I lost half of my family this last year, and it royally sucks this year. I just try to not think about them too much, cause i get severely depressed when i do!

Usually my chrismtass are lonely but this one is Ironic. This will need some explaining. Forthe past few years my New Years Eve resolution has been to get a g/f. Well I have not been able to do that. Well I met a woman on hear and we went on a date this last week. We both had a good time, but have to be back home for the holiday season and she lives by where i live most of the time which is 2 hours away from here. So I could have a relationship, but I can't cuz of the distance. Man I hate irony.

Well honestly... how do these people deal with cheer on a regular basis. The only people I know that Bah Hum Bug Holidays are the same people that Bah Hum Bug all other festivities and celebrations.

They regect that side of life in favor of a more contemplative and risk free fun takers.

I realize it can be hard on some occassions but year after year I think means you have a problem you need to seek help for. Get out and look for others smiles and bank off of them... Give one back in jubilation of the life we do have. I do feel for those who have lost important people in their lives.

WaWhoWaWho hold hands everyone and give the Grinch a heartbeat.

Having lost a 14 y/o son years ago, I can speak, of course, only for myself, but this time of year does bring to the surface emotions/sadness that during the year I am able to keep at bay.

It does seem that I am "forced," for the lack of a better way to put it........to remember kinder, gentler times.

However............God is good~~~~~~~~~~~~~WhispersandWinks will celebrate our first Christmas together, and that, my friends, is a blessing!!!

Merry Christmas to all................

yes christmas is a sad season when you spend it alone...

Christmas, 1993, 8:45 am. Our only begotten son (Joshua) died in the womb after a full term pregnancy. We had an autopsy and the doctors said they found him to be in excellent health (except for the "fetal demise"). They also told us that because of the operation to remove the fetus from my wife and the ensuing infections and the reaction she had to the medication (allergic), that she would not be able to have any more children. We blamed each other (juvenile) and it ended up in our getting divorced. Life has never been the same. Merry Christmas...!

No, I enjoy christmas time. I get very few presents now but it's always good to enjoy yourself plus having a christmas tree is fun. I really don't care about being single during this time because christmas is about family and friends you care about not just a girlfriend or boyfriend.

cheers mate.!

(((((((((((((((((((((((((( jselwood )))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

My brother and his wife lost their only daughter in the same way. My heart goes out to you. But, my friend, Joshua is just in lay-away. If you are a believer, you know you will see him again one day.

(BTW--My eldest son's name is Joshua Scott)

In my prayers.................