"Just get over it already"
Even though this is our sixth Christmas without Scott, there is still a part of me that dreads Christmas. — Shouldn’t I “just be over it already?” — I have heard this comment made a few times to or about others this Christmas season. Honestly, it breaks my heart. It doesn’t matter how many years it has been, I will always miss Scott at Christmas and there are parts of the Christmas season that will always be difficult. Yes, I will laugh and enjoy time with family, but I will also grieve the fact that Scott is not there to enjoy it. Scott loved family get-togethers - eating, laughing, and playing games together with those he loved — and those get-togethers highlight the fact that he is missing. Are my emotions as raw as the first year or two? No, but that is not necessarily the case for everyone. I will say that year five was almost as difficult as year one for me personally. I try to take each day as it comes and work hard to find the spirit of the season, but some days and