A column discussing mortality and the emotions surrounding it during festive occasions and holiday seasons. It highlights the fear of sadness and loneliness that some may experience after losing a loved one.
Live by Design is a weekly News24 column by Dr Helena Dolny and Mapi Mhlangu on mortality and the conversations around it. We lose loved ones. We suffer. It is the profound privilege of our humanity to care deeply, to love another, and to know that we are all mortal. The loving gives joy; the losing hurts. We have many occasions spread over the entire year, depending on our geography and faith orientation. Last week was Diwali. Yesterday, our New York family celebrated Thanksgiving.
In two weeks, there will be Hannukah, Christmas is just a month away, and Ramadan will start in the first half of March 2024. There are also the holiday seasons. In the Southern Hemisphere, most of us are looking forward to our end-of-year summer vacation. On each one of these occasions, many of us will have lost someone since the last time we celebrated together. Some of us may fear the festive occasion or holiday time ahead – fear of being overwhelmed by sadness and, possibly, fear of loneliness. My father died at the early age of 68 when my mother was a young 6
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