Thanksgiving Blues: 3 Ideas to Honor Lost Loved Ones During The Holidays

It's Thanksgiving week! The beautiful togetherness of the Holiday season is personally my favorite aspect of it all.

However it can also become a bit saddening if you've lost someone dear and close to your heart. The family gatherings and festivities can bring on memories that cause the blues.

We wish these individuals (or even pets) could be with us and we find little to no comfort in the fact that we cannot reach out and touch them.

It would be awesome to actively remember them and keep their wonderful spirit alive in our lives !

I came up with 3 creative, comforting, and very simple activities that you can do as a unit with the whole family, or individually to honor the loved ones that are no longer here with us.

Here they are...

1. Light a candle (white or their favorite color). Place a photo of the person in front of the candle or you can even tape several photos to the outside of the candle glass. Place it somewhere you can constantly see it (make sure it's not a hazardous place and out of reach of children) during the holidays, lighting it whenever you wish to feel their love or presence. This is very therapeutic.

2. Buy a handful of (preferably white) balloons, blow them up with helium, and with colorful markers write down the most memorable memories you had, or even a note about how much you miss them. Make the balloon a work of art. As a family you can share some thoughts out loud, then release the balloons into the sky at the end of the gathering. Sending a message to your loved one.

3. Buy some angel ornaments or figurines(you can find these in your local botanica or even online), some paint, brushes from an arts and craft store, then paint an angel in their name. This should be fun and you can start a collection of angels in memory of the person you miss and love, assured that they are surrounded by the beautiful angels you paint them.

I hope that in utilizing one or all three of these ideas, you can find a bit of comfort and enjoy the memory they have left instead of dreading the holidays.

I'm sure that those who we have loved and lost love us back, and would want to see us happy and engaged in life, not bitter.

Until Next Time

Just like any other habit, in order to start on the path of it becoming a default action, we must practice and do it constantly.

Believe in yourself and break the chains of comfort, embrace change and decide wholeheartedly to become better than the circumstances that surround you.

Until my next entry I hope we all set aside time to reflect and begin to make these lists of changes. Break the chains that hold you back from reaching your highest potential. Use that which has made you feel bitter to become better. Thanks for stopping by.

Please leave your comments below. Feel free to share a time when you experienced something in your life that made you bitter but you transformed it to something better. You never know who your story might help.

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