Single Parents and Christmas loneliness
by How to deal with the loneliness as a single parent during Christmas.
If you are a single mom or dad who has recently divorced and there are children, you are bound to feel the bite of not having your children with you on Christmas if that is what the custody order stipulates or you have agreed to in a contract. This is a feeling which can creep up as the holidays approach and you feel blue and lonely. Here are some things you can do to keep away the blues and spend a wholesome Christmas:
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· Invite your friends for a Christmas lunch. Roast a turkey and do all the trimmings as if you were going to do this for your family. Remember to extend the invitation weeks before Christmas as people plan their big turkey dinners beforehand. This will keep you busy and you will have fun as well as be at home when your former partner brings the children home.
· Even better, if someone at the office invites you to join them for Christmas, you might want to do that. You could bring a gift, spend a good afternoon with friends and still be home for the kids.
· If you have a friend that is ill, Christmas day would be a good time to visit. This is especially true of elderly people. They are lonely and feel worse when no one visits them. You might take her a small gift and read to her if she likes reading.
· Get up early on Christmas day, prepare the kids for their visit with their father, and treat yourself to a Christmas breakfast at your favorite place. You will be surprised at how many other people will be there.
· While your children are at their father’s place, go to a museum or an art gallery if that is your thing, or go to the zoo, or for a long train ride. Just get out so you don’t mope at home.
· Make a surprise stop at a shelter and see how many hands are at work. You can contribute by bringing eggnog or Christmas cookies and help feed the poor.
· You can also get back into bed after the children have left with their father and read that novel that’s been sitting at the side of your bed for the last month. Whatever you do, let your children enjoy their Christmas visit with their father. Don’t think about the past. Make a new resolution and stick to it. Let Christmas become a day of joy for you with or without a partner. If you need to cry, this is a good day to do it, but cry, then dust yourself off and turn a new page in your life.
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