First Christmas without the kids...
Every single person going through a divorce will have to deal with this at one point. The first big holiday without your kids. Of course everyone's experience is different but this was mine. It was awful. I cried from the second they left the driveway, and lets be honest I am still crying four days later. I have been separated since 2022, so how is it possible this is the first time I actually had to have a holiday with out them? I am not a big holiday person in general, easter, halloween, thanksgiving you name it, I didn't grow up in a family that made a big to do about these holidays, so sharing my kids on them didn't seem to fizz on me. It really wasn't about a certain date for me, I would celebrate it with them when we had the time and when we were all together. Christmas on the other hand, has been my favorite holiday since I had my kids. I loved making the big to do, putting up the decorations, making things with th...