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Category Archives: Ceremony
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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Thanksgiving
Well, here it is. Thursday. Thanksgiving. One day before another 28th. Wouldn’t it have been ironic if … well, anyway. This year it feels like someone else’s holiday. Oh yes, I have much to be grateful for. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Food, Friends and Family, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged deathofason, family, friends, gratitude, grievingparents, hanukkah, latkes, Sorrow, thankful, 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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The Akeidah
God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No”, Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin’ … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Daily Ramblings, Jake Colman, Observations
Tagged abraham, akedah, Grief, grievingdad, grievingparents, isaac, lossofason, sacrifice
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Sukkot
We are in the midst of celebrating the 7-day holiday of Sukkot, the Jewish “Harvest Festival”. After all the fasting and atoning and spiritual soul-searching we are supposed to do during Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, Sukkot which comes just … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Food, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory
Tagged beauty, grievingdad, holiday, sukkot, visitors
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Here it Comes. Here it Is. There it Goes.
Last Thursday was Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year. Early last week I had it in mind to write a post about the impending holiday, but for reasons described elsewhere, I didn’t. Now that the first of the High Holy … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged grievingparent, Highhholydays, jakecolman, roshhashanah, Sorrow
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Two Birthdays
One of the perks of being Jewish is that you have two birthdays. The calendar we are most familiar, actually called the Gregorian calendar, is a solar-based calendar and divides each year up into the familiar 365 days, 52 weeks, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Daily Ramblings, Food, Friends and Family, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Sadness
Tagged grievingparents, jake'sbirthday, parsha, torah
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Father’s Day, 2014
Yesterday was another first. My first Father’s Day without my son. To rephrase that, my first Father’s Day without my son alive. As days go, it was okay, difficult but okay. I dedicated the day to my son, Jake, who … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Daily Ramblings, Food, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged fathersday, grievingfather, jazz, lossofason, music
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It’s Not Getting Any Easier
This has been a very arduous couple of weeks, full of ups and downs. We have been renovating our guest house, the place where Jake lived on and off for the past few years. Going through his belongings left there … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory, Sadness
Tagged deathofason, fathersday, grievingdad, grievingparents
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What’s in a Number?
Today is the 28th of April. Not a particularly significant date other than it marks four months since our beautiful boy died. Why should this day mean more than any of the previous 121 days since that dreadful 28th? Why do … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman, Progress, Sadness
Tagged grievingparent, lossofason, omer, waiting, waitingforgodot
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