joy

It’s Christmas. For a lot of us, it’s a time for joy, peace, happiness, and all the other fluffy things we think of this time of year. It’s Hallmark Christmas movies where it snows at just the right moment and the girl always ends up with the guy. We take pictures in fancy clothes with big smiles on our face to show people how happy we are to be around friends and family. We go to party after party and gathering after gathering trying to look and act the way we’re supposed to this time of year: Happy. Joyful. Peaceful. For many of us, Christmas is anything but those three words.