Holiday depression

Ellen writes regularly over at EllenDolgen.com. This article was originally published there.  For many of us the holidays can be a bittersweet time. Despite all of the parties, family gatherings, and general joy we experience, there can be feelings of loneliness and annoyance. Anxiety, worries, and financial stress. For the menopausal women, you may experience triple the annoyance …

So this is Christmas.  Not the Christmas she has known in the past.  The snowman collection remains in boxes.  Five days out, no tree.  Family members moving from heartache to heartache and coping with huge issues of life.  Then, there is that scar going down the side of her face; across her chest; and through …