As I write this, it is the last day of the month of August. Never again will it be August 31, 2013. It is still 100 degrees where I live, and although kids have gone back to school, it still seems like summer. Well, until I walked into my neighborhood Hobby Lobby store! I could not believe my eyes! I was greeted with Halloween witches and goblins, Thanksgiving turkeys and pumpkins and lo and behold, Christmas trees and ornaments!! Are you kidding me? And to make matters worse, I went to Costco a week later and was not only met with Christmas trees and wrapping paper but with Christmas music playing!! Really? Why?? What is the point of rushing life?!
I'm a bit superstitious when it comes to planning too far ahead. I won't even mark the days off my calendar until it's past midnight on that day and is really, truly, the next day; not even 10 minutes before midnight. Otherwise, I feel like I'm rushing my life away! So, when I walked into Hobby Lobby and saw three holidays all rolled into one- two fall holidays and one winter- when it's still summer- I was a bit miffed.
The crazy thing is, Fall is my very favorite season of all! You'd think I couldn't wait for all of these displays, but that is not the case. I want to celebrate Fall when it's Fall, or at least when the calendar has turned to September. It seems as if the bottom line is money and stores want to make their quotas earlier and earlier every year. What a shame, because then the holidays become more about that and less about traditions, family, love, togetherness, etc. etc.
Working in this field of grief, I know that when people are sad and grieving, the holidays only make them feel worse, because they are without their loved ones. So, altho the stores may think they're doing everyone a favor by starting early, they may be having the opposite effect. Grievers will now start dreading the holidays when it's still summertime! How fair is that?!
We often complain that our lives are too busy and complicated.
Well, we can actually do something about that. Let's slow down, enjoy each day for what it is, and realize that it will never be here again. Capture each moment. Hold it in your hands. And then let it go so that you can capture the next one and the next one and the one after that. Life is a series of moments- not days or years. Just moments. Here. Now.
You've cried at weddings, right? At the birth of a baby? And, of course, you've probably cried at funerals, but have you ever stopped to wonder why both happy and sad events, make you so emotional? Even worse, do you often feel like you're the only one? I will impart wisdom gleaned from professional conferences, seminars, books and articles and/or I will blog my personal thoughts. Either way, I hope you check in often, so you know that your tears are never shed in a vacuum!
Saturday, August 31, 2013
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- Ms. Baby Boomer-dang
- Dallas, TX, United States
- I am an educator and consultant, in the field of loss and grief. I love educating others, as well as learning from them, about life's little and big, happy and sad losses: marriage, divorce, moving away, losing one's health, aging gracefully.....or not......death of a loved one, a pet, a dream, children growing up and parents having to let go, etc. etc. Hopefully, you get the picture. Let's laugh, cry and learn together!
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