Isn’t Christmas supposed to be a time of celebration with family and friends? This is a question I have asked myself over and over these past couple of days. I struggled with these same thoughts last year around this same time and I really thought that those struggles were left behind last year. Yet I find myself once again this season with the same thoughts.

You see to me Christmas has always been a special time. Not only because I celebrate as a person of faith the birth of Jesus Christ, but as far as I can remember, Christmas has been a time filled with so many wonderful memories of my childhood. You see I can remember a time where you would walk into our home and literally smell the good chocolate chips cookies my mom was baking in the oven, Christmas music would be playing in the background and…