Feeling Numb Again

Christmas day has passed.  It was a mixture of calm and pain.  Spent it at Ray and Shel's house.  They did a wonderful job making things festive.  Putting together a gingerbread train with my grand daughter was much fun.  We made a mess but managed to get it done and it looked pretty good.
Spent Sunday with my sister.  We went to church then to Stanford's for brunch.  I had a $50 gift card.  I received it from the radio station Shel works for after contributing to the local homeless shelter through their charity show.  Pretty nice as it represented 1/2 of my donation.
I am glad "The Day" is passed but it has left me feeling somewhat numb again and very lonely.  Maybe it is because (in my mind) I felt like when Christmas has passed things will get a little easier.  Not so.  I have so many things I want to do: re-organizing, taking care of some legal things, deciding what social events I will participate in (or not) etc. etc., yet not wanting to start any of it.
I kind of feel as though I have been suddenly dropped into a world that I don't know and am yearning to go back home!
New Years Eve our church will have what is called a "burning bowl" ceremony.  It is where you place things from the previous year you want to move on from.  I will place my desire to move on without fear and leave behind the quilt that I could have done more to safe my dear Clyde's life.
Another step in a grueling process.