@crystalmichelle1432: Can we talk about grief for a minute? Because I don’t think we talk enough about how two things can be true at the exact same time. ❤️🥹 You can be happy AND sad. Excited AND heartbroken. And sometimes you don’t even see it coming. I LOVE Christmas. Like, LOVE IT! I love Santa Claus, the decorations, the lights, the music, the MAGIC of it all. I always have. There’s just something about this season that makes my heart so happy. But grief is weird, y’all. One minute I’m walking through Hobby Lobby, smiling at Christmas decorations, feeling that same excitement I’ve felt since I was a little girl. And the next? A song comes on. A memory sneaks in. And suddenly I’m fighting back tears. Heck, even writing this post has me crying. I think that’s one of the hardest parts of grief. The world keeps celebrating something beautiful while you’re quietly missing the way that beautiful thing used to feel. I’m learning that I don’t have to choose between happy and sad. I can be both. I can love Christmas with my whole heart and still wish I could go back to just ONE more Christmas the way it used to be. I’m trying to find the beauty in that. To be thankful for the memories I DID get to make instead of only hurting over the ones I’ll never get to make again. To remember what this season is really about. The birth of our Savior, love, hope, and the blessings still right in front of us. Maybe part of grief is learning to carry those beautiful memories into new traditions, even when your heart wishes nothing had changed. So if you’re in the thick of it this Christmas, please know you’re not alone. You’re not wrong for laughing one minute and crying the next. You’re not ungrateful because something beautiful makes you sad. Sometimes grief just follows you into the strangest places. Even the Christmas aisle at Hobby Lobby. ❤️ Sending extra love to everyone trying to find their Christmas magic again this year. 🎄❤️ #hobbylobby #christmasgrief #siblingloss

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