Since the holiday season has started, I have been dealing with my own personal struggle. I have my ups and downs. I will hear that voice, or have a dream. Quite often a faint scent will bring memories rushing to me. Which inevitably leads to tears. Fighting them off and eventually just letting them take over me.
From the second I got that phone call one song has been playing in my mind. One More Day. When I heard this song years ago, I thought it was a breakup song. Dealing with what has been going on, the song is not necessarily about being in love, it is about loving someone. And then losing that person. It could not be more fitting for how I feel.
I can be the first to say that it is easy to take things for granted everyday. One day flows into the next, and into the next. Before you know it, a whole month has flown by. We all have bad days where it seems like a domino effect that things just keep falling out of place. I find that when things like that happen, the best thing to do is look at what is going right in life. I would love for more people to take the time to look around them. Be thankful, grateful, and appreciative of all the things life has to offer. No one knows what tomorrow will bring. No one knows who is going to be here one day and gone the next. There is always going to be someone that has so much less than you. Also remember, the holidays were not created for people to save money, camp out at stores, or go shopping on Thanksgiving Day.
This holiday season I am not focusing on who or what I do not have around me. I am not wasting time searching which stores to shop at in an effort to save a few bucks. I am going to focus on those whom I do have One More Day with. I am starting new traditions and creating memories because those are the things that will be remembered. Those things are what I feel are important.
What do the holidays mean to you?
