Here comes another holiday season without the people we love the most, whether it's a parent, sibling or just a friend we all go through it and it always hurts just the same no matter how many years have passed.

When we picture the perfect Christmas most of us will envision all of our friends and family gathered in one house to laugh and spread holiday cheer with one another. What you don't picture is the sadness you also feel without your loved one there.

Yes, Christmas is still an amazing feeling because you are surrounded by all of the people who love you but ever so often someone will bring up the loved ones who passed on and all the amazing memories they have with them and then its a chain effect of memories that everyone starts sharing and you can not help but feel an overwhelm of emotions because you wish they were here creating more memories rather than everyone talking about past ones.

But guess what, it is perfectly okay to get sad in those situations because it is sad. The loss of a loved one no matter who they are is always a terrible thing to experience. It is okay to cry on Christmas or any other holiday because you wish they were with you but then an amazing thing will happen, you will look around and notice all of the amazing people you do have here and you will feel loved then the tears will dry and everything will be okay.

Remembering loved ones on the holidays is an amazing thing to do especially if it is with people who feel the same thing you are feeling. You will spread the memory of your loved one by sharing all of your funny, exciting and sad memories and everyone will thank you for them because it will be like a piece of them is still there. Do not feel sad about your memories, spread them because I guarantee there is at least one person in that room who did not know it and will learn something new about their loved one and feel even closer to them.

During this Christmas season do yourself a favor and let yourself grieve, nobody will judge you and the people who care for you will be there to help you. The worst thing you can do is hold in your sadness and keep repressing it. Talk about your loved one who passed with the people who loved them as well and enjoy all of the people you do have there with you.