While the holidays can sometimes be a challenging time, there are always gifts to be found.
PUBLISHED December 18, 2017
Khevin Barnes is a Male Breast Cancer survivor, magician and speaker. He is currently writing, composing and producing a comedy stage musical about Male Breast Cancer Awareness. He travels wherever he is invited to speak to (and do a little magic for) men and women about breast cancer. www.BreastCancerSpeaker.com www.MaleBreastCancerSurvivor.com
One of the holiday songs we often hear in the month of December, cheerfully reminds us that, "It’s the most wonderful time of the year.”
And whether we are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or any other form of joyful commemoration, these times, as the song suggests, offer us a wonderful opportunity for reflection, appreciation and perhaps healing.
I say healing because not all of us approach the holidays with the same sense of merriment. Perhaps we have lost a loved one to cancer or some other untimely cause, as was the case for me. How can we enjoy the holidays with a heavy heart, knowing that someone whose presence was an integral part of our lives is now missing from the celebration?
And whether we are celebrating Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or any other form of joyful commemoration, these times, as the song suggests, offer us a wonderful opportunity for reflection, appreciation and perhaps healing.
I say healing because not all of us approach the holidays with the same sense of merriment. Perhaps we have lost a loved one to cancer or some other untimely cause, as was the case for me. How can we enjoy the holidays with a heavy heart, knowing that someone whose presence was an integral part of our lives is now missing from the celebration?
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