How do I get through the holidays without my loved one?

How do I get through the holidays without my loved one?

The holidays can be some of the toughest days that you will go through after the loss of your loved one. Holidays are all about togetherness and how do we celebrate togetherness when we are no longer together with that loved one? So for many people they dread going into the holidays, and I often say find out what works for you and you may not know that right away. For some people the structure, the busyness of the holidays is actually helpful. Other people feel like I can't do the holidays at all and if that's true for you, give yourself permission to skip a holiday. They are going to come around again next year and you just need to know that's OK to do that. Some other things you can do is if there's events that you are going to such as Christmas dinner, Thanksgiving dinner, you can ask people to say a prayer in honor of your loved one. You can ask that a candle be lit. Many times you may want to save those things that you do them privately before the dinner or before the get together, but give your grief a place during the holidays.