Brenda

Every year I look forward to the Hallmark Channel’s continuation of their Christmas movie marathon. For two hours I escape into a world where Christmas is magical. The child reconciles with his parents. The husband and wife escape divorce. And the single woman finds love. All in the nick of time – just before Christmas morning. However, these movies were not always an escape as they are now. I remember as a single woman the whisper of another year of unknowns to come that overtook my mind as I watched these movies. Loneliness set in with the unfilled hope that…