Tagged: alone at Christmas

If the radio, TV, movie theaters, and Facebook are on target, then Christmas is full of loving, laughing families, fireplaces, the best gifts ever, and last-minute miracles. And, there’s some of that, of course. But around the world and even in the next room, Christmas looks quite different for millions of us. This Christmas Eve …[ read more ]

“I’ll be fine. I promise.” Arlene smiled into the phone as she switched off the porch light and locked the door. “You won’t be lonely?” Her oldest daughter couldn’t resist calling from the car as they pulled away, headed to the airport. “Enjoy your trip, already! You and Mark deserve this vacation. Go!” As she …[ read more ]

For some people, the holidays only intensify their feelings of isolation and separateness from others. This flash fiction piece tells Carly’s Christmas Story – The Snow Globe: “Like a snow globe? How’s that?” The church counselor shifted forward in her chair as I searched for words. “You know those snow globes people pull out at …[ read more ]

Have you ever found it hard to wake up in the morning and greet another day? Ever wake up crying, full of anxiety, certain that the day held no promise except that it would be a challenge to suffer through from one end to the other? Has it ever been that the encouraging words of others, …[ read more ]

“I’ll be fine. I promise.”Arlene smiled into the phone as she switched off the porch light and locked the door. “You won’t be lonely?” Her oldest daughter could not resist calling from the car as they pulled away, headed to the airport. “Enjoy your trip, already! You and Mark deserve this vacation. Go!” As she …[ read more ]