Category Archives: Jake Colman

And Just Like That, It is Seven

Posted on December 31, 2020 by edcol52

Today marks the seventh anniversary of the second saddest day in my life. The day we buried my beautiful boy. I look back and see it has been more than a year since I posted here. So much has happened … Continue reading →

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The 30th

Posted on August 18, 2019 by edcol52

Tomorrow, August 19, would have been Jake’s 30th birthday. Seems hard to believe. But so many things have happened in the past 6 years that are hard to believe. Nothing is unbelievable anymore. It is a futile and frustrating exercise … Continue reading →

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About Those 7 Things

Posted on January 16, 2019 by edcol52

Here is a blog post I just read. It is from 2015 and if you are grieving the loss of a child, I am sure you have read or written something like this. I probably read it three years ago … Continue reading →

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Where Does the Time Go?

Posted on December 31, 2018 by edcol52

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 →

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How Can I Sing With a Broken Heart.

Posted on February 2, 2018 by edcol52

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 →

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December 28, 2017

Posted on December 30, 2017 by edcol52

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 →

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In the Beginning …

Posted on October 16, 2017 by edcol52

“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 →

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A Perpetual State of Bewilderment

Posted on April 25, 2017 by edcol52

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 →

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Loving My Son, After His Death

Posted on April 25, 2017 by edcol52

I came across this again today, and thought it worth sharing. She lost her son around the time we lost Jake and he was almost the same age. Different circumstances, same emotions.

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Where are My Simchas?

Posted on April 8, 2017 by edcol52

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 →

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