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Kaddish
Today I went to shul to say Kaddish for Jake on the one month anniversary of his death. The Mourner’s Kaddish is one of the most famous prayers in all of Judaism. What is unusual for a prayer said in … Continue reading
Where Does the Time Go?
I haven’t written anything on these pages since February of this year. 10 months. Where does the time go? Much has happened this year, and yet … There have been many times where I lay awake in the deep of … Continue reading
Posted in Grief, Jake Colman, Memory, Observations, Progress, Sadness
Tagged grieving parents, grievingdads, livingwithgrief, lost children, newyear, newyearseve
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Another Double Whammy
Wednesday was Jake’s 2nd yahrtzeit, the anniversary of his passing in the Hebrew calendar. As I have written, the Jewish calendar is lunisolar and the dates drift around with respect to the Gregorian calendar we all use; the two dates rarely align … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Sadness, Support
Tagged beauty, cemetery, compassion, deathofachld, friendsandfamily, graveside, greivingparents, Mourning
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Another Anniversary
Today is Jake’s Yahrzeit, the Memorial Anniversary of his death. The payment for having two birthdays, one in the “English” or Gregorian calendar and one in the Jewish calendar is that there are now two days on which to remember … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged anniversary, customs, deathofachild, Grief, grieving parent, holidays, kaddish, lossofason, memory, newyears, Sadness, yahrzeit
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Light a Candle
The Compassionate Friends/USA Please join us this Sunday, December 14 for the Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all children gone too soon. For full information including services around the globe, visit: https://www.compassionatefriends.org/WCL…/2014_services.aspx. If there is not a service near you, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Support
Tagged Candlelighting, children, compassion, deathofachild, grieving parent, kindness, love, parents, solitude
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It’s Gonna Be a Tough Few Weeks
Well, here we go. Careening into the ‘holiday season’. For many people, this is a very difficult time of year under the best of circumstance; for someone who is grieving the loss of a child, it can be excruciating. That … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged anniversary, chronic sorrow, dealingwithdeath, deathofachild, Grief, grieving parent, hanukkah, heartache, holidays, newyearseve, thanksgiving
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Eleven Months
It is the orthodox custom to recite Kaddish, the prayer said by mourners on behalf of the departed, for eleven months following the death of a parent. Why eleven months? The belief is that the departed sits under Divine judgement for … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Progress, Sadness
Tagged Grief, grievingdad, grievingparent, kaddish, lossofason, Sorrow
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Twenty-one
It has been twenty-one weeks since I heard those heart-stopping words over my cell phone that bright Saturday afternoon. Nearly five months, and yet, it was at once, but a moment ago, and an aeon ago. Twenty-one Friday nights, twenty-one … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged deathofachild, grievingparent, healing, memorialday, pearls
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Hercules or Sisyphus?
We all know about Hercules. He was the son of Zeus, king of the Gods, and Alcmene, a mortal woman. Zeus’ wife Hera was jealous of her and while she couldn’t really do anything about the situation, she vowed to … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged Camus, deathofason, grievingparent, hercules, sisyphus, struggle
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Going Through the Motions
There are several physical actions that take place during the Orthodox prayer service. One stands, sits, and bows at various places, to name a few. The actual words have lost much of their meaning for me, some of the phrases … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Jake Colman, Sadness
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