Christmas and Birthdays can
be hard.
Birthdays were a day of
celebration, now they can be a time of regret, a time where you remember that
you’re still waiting for the big things in life, you’re still just as confused
about life and love as last year…and you’re still celebrating this birthday
alone.
I try to forget about my age
and I think of it as try to grasp the excitement of this being my own personal
holiday to celebrate me. Yet, I still find myself blinking away tears.
Now for Christmas, I think there are many reasons
1. The winter holidays don’t have the magic they used to have. Christmas is not as exciting when you can buy yourself what you want when you want (within reason.)
2. Times change. People change. People pass away. Those Christmases of the golden dawn of youth when your grandparents were still young and also still with you can never return.
3. You don’t have your own family. No children to train in decorating or making Christmas cookies. No little eyes to watch light up as they open they unload their stockings and open the presents you selected for them. No one other half to kiss under the mistletoe or buy presents for. Just a nomad. You don’t really fit in.
4. Like Birthdays, it’s another time of year where you wonder what you did wrong again.
1. The winter holidays don’t have the magic they used to have. Christmas is not as exciting when you can buy yourself what you want when you want (within reason.)
2. Times change. People change. People pass away. Those Christmases of the golden dawn of youth when your grandparents were still young and also still with you can never return.
3. You don’t have your own family. No children to train in decorating or making Christmas cookies. No little eyes to watch light up as they open they unload their stockings and open the presents you selected for them. No one other half to kiss under the mistletoe or buy presents for. Just a nomad. You don’t really fit in.
4. Like Birthdays, it’s another time of year where you wonder what you did wrong again.
Your self worth isn't determined by your status as single; you are still an important, beautiful, wonderful, God-loved being, all by yourself. That said, I hope someday you get the husband and family your heart desires. :)
ReplyDeleteBeing single is FREEDOM. That changes once you're married and a mother. Try to embrace the freedom of single-hood for now; live each moment to the fullest. Time moves swiftly forward.
Hi Charity! I didn't realize this post was live...haha! Anyhow, very good points. I know that everything you said is true, I guess I just needed to hear it again! So...thanks!
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