If you’re someone who feels especially tender during the Christmas season I’d like you to know I fully understand. My mother’s birthday is the day before Christmas. This year marks another Christmas without her and each year I’m confronted with an invitation to that deep sadness. However, today I’d like to invite you to make a decision I have. I choose to force joy into my grief.Join me in this episode as I tell the stories about how I’ve learned to push joy into the atmosphere and sorrow out-the-window. Merry Almost Christmas!For more from Rita, follow Rita on Patreon here.Click here to follow her on Instagram, @RitaSpringer.If you're enjoying the show, please rate and review!