It’s hard to think about the holidays as anything other than the best time of the year, but for some, particularly those who have lost a loved one, it can cause dread instead of anticipation or depression instead of joy. Kurt Schuler, the facilitator of First Baptist Church’s GriefShare Program, knows firsthand how the family times and togetherness that many look forward to during the holidays can only make a grieving person feel worse. “You set a table for the number of people you had for dinner last year, and now you’re setting the same table but there’s one person not sitting behind a plate,” Schuler said.