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This Christmas is bittersweet. I got out of Midnight Mass, my No.1 favorite Christmas tradition, a little while ago. It was lovely, but I still felt sad about my mom's absence. I am glad that last Christmas my mom was still healthy enough to enjoy the holiday, though. In a way, that is a mercy. Had she lived to see this Christmas, I have a feeling she would have been very ill and unable to enjoy the holiday, as cancer treatments like chemo and radiation are taxing on the body. I had these thoughts on my mind after my mom's cancer diagnosis: How will she feel when Thanksgiving and Christmas come around? Will this year's holidays be her last? It turned out that I didn't need to ask those questions, as she died four months ago.
I can still find joy this season, and I have experienced some of it already. It's that I'm feeling grief along with it.
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