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Dec 25, 2022, 09:46 AM
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Member Since: Nov 2002
Location: Mid World
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I just read an article about this that helped me understand how I am feeling. URL below.
For me it's not about loss of religion like the author. I have been non-religious since my teens. It's about other losses. My family is all dead. My best friend of 50 years died in March. I retired in June. That's a good thing, but means I lost my identity as a working person.
I've been giving lip service to "creating new traditions". In reality I'm grieving all the things that are gone, not creating anything new.
Realizing this is helping me accept how I'm feeling. I'm sure as h e l l not enjoying how I feel, but I'm more accepting of it. Does that make sense?
Today I'm going to let myself grieve the past while letting myself enjoy the present.
How I Celebrate Christmas Without Christianity | HuffPost HuffPost Personal
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