It does not matter how long it has been since a loved one or someone that we were close to passed away the holidays are still hard. Mom has been gone 2 years and I still cry. It happens to the best of us. We get emotional about it and for good reason. Life is not the same.
People tell me all the time that I should move on, I have memories, and that tears should be over. No it is not that easy. My Aunt Joem said she refuses to celebrate the holidays since Uncle Pat died cause it is just not the same. Yes life does go on, but there is still the empty chair.
The empty chair is something that will never go away. It will serve as a reminder that our loved ones are gone to a far better place and that one day we will see them again. The empty chair serves to remind us of the good times we shared.
As I drove to and from dinner this evening. I got to thinking about some of those memories of holidays past. One of my favorite holiday traditions was to gather together with family and share stories. We did that tonight.
Family Traditions make memories that will last a life time. I am so thankful that I am able to make new memories and traditions with people who have come into my life when an empty chair came to my table.
I was thinking today about the empty chair. My friend Jackie will experience a new empty chair this year and I know it will be hard to deal with. The empty chair should also serve to as a reminder that Jesus Christ came down to Earth as a baby, died on the cross, was buried, ascended to Heaven, and will come back again some day. That empty chair is our seat at the table ready and waiting for the Lord's return.
We should not see this empty chair as a loss, but rather as a reminder that we will see our loved ones again when the Lord comes to call us home. I hope that the Lord will return to fill my empty chair as my special guest very soon.
My thoughts and prayers are with all of those this year who have an empty chair. Let it remind you too of the Lord's return.
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