A Merry Christmas?!

Merry Christmas everyone! Yes, it is a merry Christmas this year. Even a white one!! Christmas eve it finally started to snow on the west coast of Norway, the kids were out trying to build a snowman... but oh well... we´re hoping for more! You´re even more thankful for merry Christmas´s when you´ve known some that weren´t that merry. I still remember some Christmas´s; stuck alone in an airport in Texas, the first one without Dad and others marked by sad events or feelings. It´s not a human right to have a merry Christmas, and it is not something I take for granted. For some Christmas is the loneliest time of the year, the time not having a family, or not having a close one, or other parts of our broken hearts are extra visible and noticeable to ourselves and others. So many expectations, and maybe mostly our own. This year I try to sit back and enjoy the merry moments , sometimes they just last a few minutes before something annoying or stressful comes up, but the...