#Christmas, #Hanukkah and #Kwanzaa are extremely happy and festive seasons of the year — unless you are facing an empty chair at the dinner table. Please try to be aware that holidays, birthdays and anniversaries amplify the #Emotional, #Psychological and SPIRITUAL pain of those who have lost loved ones. Please try to be sensitive to their feelings; particularly during the holiday season. When they invite you into their pain, by speaking to you openly about their deceased loved one, please LISTEN to them attentively. You should be HONOURED to know that they feel so comfortable in your presence that they TRUST you enough to let you into the inner sanctum of their heart. Whether it has been two days, two weeks, two years or 20 years since the passing of his or her partner, husband, wife, mother, father, son, daughter … or their best friend and confidant, please be aware that their grief or pain, whether an occasional visitor or a constant companion, is very real. Festive occasions always...