She says expect things not to be perfect – because we are imperfect beings. “If you’re meeting elderly or vulnerable family at Christmas, really reduce your social contacts to a minimum for the next two weeks. Christmas is all about the children – and Christmas stress can be all about the children too. Trying to be perfect is counter-productive and [also] sends the wrong message to children.”Loss can feel bigger at Christmas. Every time they go into a shop there’s a Christmas song and whenever they go to town they see the Christmas lights.

Source: Irish Examiner December 27, 2021 03:40 UTC