How to Do Holidays After the Death of a Spouse

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🗓️ 23 November 2025

⏱️ 10 minutes

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Linda lost her husband unexpectedly and doesn't feel up to socializing this holiday season. Got a dilemma? Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com - Listen to The Dr. Laura Program daily on SiriusXM Triumph 123.

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0:23.5	Linda, welcome to the program.
0:26.2	Hi, Dr. Lara.
0:28.0	Hi.
0:28.1	First, I want to thank you.
0:31.0	You're the reason 25 years ago I decided to be a stay-at-home mom.
0:35.9	And that really was been the greatest blessing so thank you for that
0:40.3	I'm also calling about grief I lost my husband 16 months ago unexpectedly and with the holidays coming up it, I don't know how to handle my family members who want me to participate in their kitchen.
1:02.4	What is it you want to do?
1:03.1	I don't give a damn about what everybody wants from you or for you.
1:08.3	I want you to take a breath, calm down and relax, and tell me what you want
1:14.5	right now for the holidays.
1:20.1	I guess it's just going to depend how I feel. No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
1:26.1	stop it. You didn't calm down down i asked you to calm down before you
1:30.2	answer you didn't i could hear it i don't want to make a commitment i i don't want to commit to
1:38.3	doing anything i that's fine there's nothing wrong with that whoever has has asked you to participate, tell them, if I do, it'll be last minute. I don't want to make a commitment right now. That's all. It's the truth. And it doesn't matter what they want or what they think you should do. This is your time to deal with and deal with it as you choose.
2:06.7	And if they take it personally, screw them, then they're not friends and they don't care about you.
2:16.7	Nobody who is a friend who cares about you would get their nose care about you. Nobody who is a friend
2:18.2	or cares about you
2:20.0	would get their nose out of joint.
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