During the holiday season, Christmas specifically, it can be hard to be away from family and friends.

Christmas comes during a season when the Earth is in its darkest time. It's a holiday for the family and for everyone.

You've heard of 12 days of Christmas. This was 12 years of Christmas for Ryan, Ryan's friends and his family. In short, Ryan sold his office. He might as well have put a for sale sign on his office.

Your example should be stellar among your friends, associates, family, teachers, co-workers, and other Christians.

It's an extremely sad day for us, because Christmas is a family holiday. Since our husbands are not with us, our families cannot be complete.

It's funny how we 'do' Christmas. Christmas is not something that we do, it is something that was done. It celebrates the long awaited arrival of the Messiah, Jesus Christ. We had nothing to do with it, but what we can do is praise God for the coming of the Lord, who washed away the sins of the world by dying on the cross.