Christmas Time

Strength and joy of Christmas is based upon a foundation of hurt and sorrow, grief is abundant - is overflowing through many glass tears. Although there is happiness and laughter, pain peers through it all, looking, searching for some relief in family members, close, who are still here with us. Christmastime is fulfillment of family on earth and in heaven, all are together in hearts and memories. Mindful of those who have gone before us, we must turn to those still here, reaching out with close-knit hearts and souls. Turning aside our own selfish thoughts - our own private grief, coming closer together in spite of it all, making our lives and those around us a little lighter with smiles and kindness. All, in one way or another, have been touched with the purity of death, the finality of life, and have wept unceasingly through tears and grief, minds flowering on the graves of those who have left us.