The Holiday
Often holiday traditions are consistent and ingrained in family celebrations, and you really don't think much about them until you become an Adult Child of Divorce. There is an expected and anticipated element of how the day will be designed and of what the holiday means to us individually and collectively. The routine behind the turkey being prepared with grandma's special dressing or the vision you have of the tree in the front yard decorated with plastic Easter eggs almost goes unnoticed until things change. What really is a holiday? A time to take a break from work and responsibility to celebrate either a person's birth, or a day of religious or cultural importance. A holiday captures meaning in the significance of the specific day , but it also symbolizes a shared consistency and connectedness that is celebrated among family members amidst a life of change and difficulty. It brings us back to the past and makes us remember. When a divorce occurs, tha