Its Diwali. A great festival in India and I am very depressed. What to do?

@biman_s (1060)
India
October 17, 2009 12:00pm CST
It gets very depressing during this time for me. My father died a few years back and since then every festival, no matter how many fireworks, it nothing but darkness in my life. I try to make my mother and sister happy but inside my heart I know they really miss him. I don't know if I am able to make them happy. Any suggestions?
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@mohan89 (240)
• India
17 Oct 09
Hi biman. First of all happy Diwali. Yar mere dadaji ko bhi mare hue bas 3 mahine hue hain . I can understand how that feels. Par tumko dheeraj se kaam lena hoga. tumhare mataji aur sister tum par depend kar rahe hain. Mujhe jab kisi ko khush rakhne ki zaroorat hoti hai to mai unki sabse pasandi dar cheez unhe tohfa deta hoon . Usse i guess woh log thoda tho khush honge. Try dis dude I hope you like it Happy my lotting!
@biman_s (1060)
• India
17 Oct 09
I am sorry to hear about your dad. Life does seem unfair many times. Happy Diwali. Thanks for sharing your thoughts. I will try my best to make them happy.
@mohan89 (240)
• India
17 Oct 09
Yar mere dad nahi mere dadaji swargwasi hogaye hai/
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
22 Oct 09
im sorry i have no suggestions, but i do know your pain. every halloween i get depressed and xmas here. halloween was kind of my and late hubbies favorite holiday as we loved dressing up and handing candy to the kids. how long does your holiday last? what does it celebrate?
• Philippines
17 Oct 09
to ease the pain that we go through in life, we have to face the cause of it squarely. it is best that you and all the members of the family should talk about the whole incident and pour out all those hurt feelings as how each one feels about the loss of one dear life. shedding of precious tears is an experience which should not be avoided. this is the only way that the deeply scarred hearts can undergo healing little by little through the years. each one of you will slowly feel the easing of the hurt when you will all have unloaded as to how each one feels about the loss of the father in the family. just remember that tears are good at washing away even the most stubborn stain of pain so deeply seated in our hearts.
@Pose123 (21635)
• Canada
18 Oct 09
Hi biman, It is always difficult to lose a loved one but life must go on. My suggestion is to remember you father with love, remember the good times that you had together and think that perhaps your father would want you to enjoy the festival. I don't know very much about your beliefs but I expect that he is happy now and would want you to be happy as well. I think you and your mother and sister should enjoy the festival just as your father would if he were still here. Blessings.
@savypat (20216)
• United States
17 Oct 09
I have also lost loved ones and though I miss them I still celebrate life, the ones that are gone would not have me waste what I have by missing them. Would your Father want that for his family? If you cannot believe that he lived his life as he needed to and now has gone on then at least be happy for your own life that you got through him. Celebrate.