Job loss, divorce, death of a loved one, drug addiction, homelessness, and health problems are familiar hardships to many families who write to Globe Santa.
This year, the holidays were finally going to be special for a single mother and her children.
She had overcome homelessness and freed herself from an abusive relationship.
Her teenage son and 8-year-old daughter were thriving in their new school, and they had settled in to a comfortable routine…