photo by Josh Scholten
Gratitude changes the pangs of memory into a tranquil joy.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Holidays can be painful for people who remember family conflicts or loss that caused heartbreak, especially when there is supposed to be times of togetherness, camaraderie and laughter. Even the most difficult memories can be transformed by the balm of the passage of time, by day turning to night and night into day, over and over again, until those memories become a swirling background for the tranquility of thanksgiving.
It is possible to know joy again.
Hankerings 