Many will have spent more time in the last week with family than you have in months.
- Some of those times will be rich and wonderful…and you want to just figure out how to bottle it to imbibe in that spirit of closeness, intimacy, giggles and hugs in the months to come
- Some of those times will be hollow and empty…without work and lessons and a routine of crazy-busy-ness…you are left to look at each other and wonder what to say, scrambling to remember that there used to be a connection that was deeply meaningful but it elusive to the point of feeling scraped empty.
- Some of those times were filled with too much drinking, and loose lips had people saying things that were hurtful and unfairly accusatory. Worse yet, there may have been fights that were had while stone-cold sober, leaving the damage even harder to excuse.
- Some time may have been spent in the quiet, under the light of a fireplace, a walk in gently falling snow, or with Christmas tree sparkling, allowing for quiet contemplation…leaving a sense of ache and desire to be more connected with others, to feel more at peace with oneself more often, or any other epiphanies gently born in the quiet of the season
A dear friend sent me this song today, at year’s end, reflecting the melancholic hope of this season. She is a fellow therapist, touched too closely by the tragedy at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Newtown…so many at Aurora have memories of Nelba Marquez Greene teaching them, with her little ones occasionally tagging along.
The video tells such a poignant story.
I love that the same song that says this:
also says this:
So, may you, as you sort out hope and despair, and questions without answers, and love amidst life’s disconnected confusion…may you ask the question in ways that invite meaningful and hopeful answers.
Happy New Year!
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