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Category Archives: Honoring Jake
Golfing With(out) Jake
Jake and I played golf throughout his life. We got him his first set of toy clubs when he was three or four. He would hockey the oversized ball around the yard until he had coaxed it into the big plastic “hole” … Continue reading
Posted in Golf, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Progress
Tagged deathofachild, golf, grievingdad, grievingparent, hawaii, lossofason, mexico, palmsprings, petedye
6 Comments
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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Still in the Dark
Yesterday was October 28th. Ten months since our son died. I wasn’t really aware of the date until today, but my body knew what day it was. I woke up early to take a friend to the airport. Returning home, … Continue reading
Posted in Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Photography, Sadness
Tagged art, blackandwhitephotography, darkroom, grievingdad, mentor, volunteer
11 Comments
My New Blog
Hot Eddie’s is my new blog dedicated to what’s hot in the kitchen and everywhere else. After many months of chronicling my personal journey through grief at here at The Infinite Fountain, I thought I’d start a blog with a … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman
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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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Jake’s Birthday
Yesterday was Jake’s 25th birthday. Somehow we made it through without imploding, vaporizing, or disintegrating. We went for juicy pastrami sandwiches dripping with coleslaw on fresh crusty rye for lunch at Langer’s, an old-school deli in downtown LA. Jake would … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Food, Friends and Family, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory
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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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Losing My Voice
Where does the time go? I have read that it takes 21 days to create a habit. That is if you want to start doing something, do it consistently for 21 days, and you will create the habit to continue … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory, Observations, Poetry, Progress
Tagged deathofason, grievingfather, jake'sbirthday, lossofachild, robertburns
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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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