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Category Archives: Grief
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
4 Comments
How Can I Sing With a Broken Heart.
We went to a concert last night. Hawaiian music. Keola Beamer, a master of Hawaiian slack key guitar, and Henry Kapono. They were two of the progenitors and drivers of the Hawaiian Rennaissance during the 60’s and 70’s. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged deathofmyson, family, familyvacation, grieving dad, grieving parents, hawaii, hawaiianmusic, kauai, marktwain, memoryofalovedone, music
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December 28, 2017
Thursday was December 28, the 4th December 28th since Jake’s passing. 4 years. It doesn’t seem possible, but in this new world I now inhabit, anything is possible. It is one of the curiosities of time that it can be … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Progress, Sadness
Tagged dealingwithdeath, deathofachild, deathofmyson, friendship, graveside, grieving parents, healing, heartache, lossofafriend, memories
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In the Beginning …
“You say you lost your faith, but that’s not where it’s at. You had no faith to lose and you know it.” Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street We have just come through the three weeks of what is called … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Jake Colman
Tagged deathofachild, deathofmyson, grieveingparent, grievingdad, highholydays, isthereagod, lifeafterloss, lost children, lostfaith
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A Perpetual State of Bewilderment
It seems unbelievable that exactly three years ago, I wrote a post for this blog titled “A New Stage”. It was a stage of grief that isn’t really discussed in the “grief literature”, one that I named the WTF stage. … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Jake Colman, Progress
Tagged addiction, confusion, deathofason, deathofmyson, grieveingparent, grieving parents, suddendeathofachild
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Where are My Simchas?
In Hebrew, ‘simcha’ means gladness or joy. It is often used as a noun to denote any celebration because a celebration is always a cause for happiness. Simchas are usually connected with one’s children: births, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, weddings. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged Grief, grieving dad, grieving parents, holidays, lossofachild, lossofason, new normal, passover, Sadness
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Past or Present?
When talking with people, people who may not be familiar with your story, people who you have just met, there comes a moment that every parent who has lost a child dreads –the question, “So, do you have children?” If … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Jake Colman, Observations, Progress
Tagged #rememberingJake, absence, coping, friendship, Grief, grieving dad, lossofason, onedayatatime, pastandpresent, unansweredquestions
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Dear Newly Bereaved Parent
This is an essay I came across today. It’s honest and true. I would say many of the same things. The thing is, two years ago, all I would have heard, should someone have read this to me, all I … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Coping, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman, Observations, Other Media, Progress, Sadness, Support
Tagged bereavedparent, deathofachild, Grief, grievingdad, grievingparent, lossofachild, Mourning, suddendeath, suddendeathofachild
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6 Things About My New Normal
Grief literature is filled with the concept of the “new normal”. It is usually portrayed as the goal for people grappling to rebuild their lives after a traumatic event. The idea is, in a situation which appears so surreal – the destruction of your … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Jake Colman, Observations, Progress, Sadness
Tagged Anger, deathofachild, giftofdays, grievingparent, indifference, life, newnormal, Sorrow
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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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