The Music Box

For some of us, Christmas is a time of loneliness, emptiness and regret. We look back on the happy times and wonder how we got here from there, and we want things to be like that again. We wonder how things have changed to be where we are now. Sometimes we miss someone who may not be missing us. Sometimes we smile but don't mean it, and laugh but don't feel it. Sometimes our hearts are numb, our spirits dampened, and our hopefulness of a bright future are at an all time low. We want to correct past mistakes, if only we could go back in time to that critical moment and make a different choice. Sometimes we hang on to that moment for years.

Sometimes we give someone a music box that keeps playing years after the love, happiness, and promises have faded.

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