Ads holiday cards started popping up in my email, filled with portraits of happy families wearing matching pajamas and ugly Christmas sweaters. My husband ... love of family without stepping ...

It's the fact that you have to do it now without the person you love." Facing the holidays without my husband has made me feel like a spectator on the sidelines, watching other people take part in the ...

But even then, spending Christmas without my parents has been non-negotiable. Each year that my husband and I were meant to spend the holidays in the UK with his family, we arranged for my parents ...