While out to lunch with a friend last week she mentioned that a certain single guy told her that Chanukah is a depressing yomtov for singles. I laughed it off. Simchas torah, I can hear- all your friends dancing with their kids while you look on. Pesach, its hard to believe you are spending another pesach seder at the parents still single. Rosh Hashana means another year has gone by without the hoped for changes. But Chanukah? I didn’t buy it. Its not a very intrusive holiday. You go to work as usual and when you get home you light some candles. Not much room for depression I said.
And then the first night of Chanukah came. I pulled up to my house just as all the neighbors were gathering around their windows, lighting menorahs with their small children. I sat in the car watching, envious of them all And then I went inside to light my candles alone.
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I'm so sorry that it's so painful for you.
ReplyDeleteChanukah is a time of miracles - may you experience your very own miracle very soon!
Every yom tom is family time and thus a painful reminder to singles about what they are sorely lacking.
ReplyDeleteHere's to hoping that by the time the next Chanukah comes around, you be the one standing at the window together with YOUR husband.