1.0Refocusing Widowshttps://refocusingwidows.org/esSheryl Gehrlshttps://refocusingwidows.org/es/author/sheryl/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="4vW2m3Z29k"><a href="https://refocusingwidows.org/es/examining-expectations/">Examinando las Expectativas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://refocusingwidows.org/es/examining-expectations/embed/#?secret=4vW2m3Z29k" width="600" height="338" title="“Examining Expectations” — Refocusing Widows" data-secret="4vW2m3Z29k" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://refocusingwidows.org/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script>https://refocusingwidows.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/12/RW-Post-2.png10801080With Thanksgiving recently past and Christmas coming up quickly, I’ve been spending some time reading articles, posts, and books on how grief impacts our ability to successfully navigate the holidays. A Google search will produce literally hundreds of “helpful hints”, and lots of ideas as to how we can survive the coming weeks. In fact, I read three books this week with the word survive, surviving, or survival in the topic! That caused me to begin to wonder when a celebration of the birth of the Savior, the one who brought hope to us, became something that we must endure, or survive!? How is it that the single most hopeful event in all human history has become a burden to us? The holiday season is, admittedly, the most stress-inducing time of the year. But why? Why does it weigh on us so heavily? Why are so many overwhelmed with suffocating emotions, and paralyzing depression?