Category Archives: Jake Colman

Thanksgiving

Posted on November 26, 2015 by edcol52

Originally posted on The Infinite Fountain:
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…

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Everything Doesn’t Happen for a Reason

Posted on November 8, 2015 by edcol52

This excellent essay has been making the rounds. It is well written and anyone who is grieving knows it is true. To imply that there is some higher reason for our tragedies does not lessen our pain or make it … Continue reading →

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Grieving

Posted on October 23, 2015 by edcol52

Originally posted on MourningAmyMarie:
You have seen our whole voyage.? You have seen us go to sea, a cloud of sail–and the flag at the peak; and you see us now, chartless, adrift–derelicts; battered, water-logged, our sails a ruck of…

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August 19, 2015

Posted on August 19, 2015 by edcol52

August 19, 1989 was Jake’s birthday. In years past, when Jake was young, we would have had a wonderful party, our home filled with friends and family. We had some epic parties. Taking over parks, playing laser tag, (remember laser tag?), … Continue reading →

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“Full Impact” by Kelly Farley

Posted on August 15, 2015 by edcol52

Originally posted on Grieving Dads: To the Brink and Back:
Full Impact I was recently at an event for the consulting engineering industry that I work in and ran into a couple of fellow colleagues. During the conversation, I asked…

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My New Reality … Notice I Did Not Say New Normal

Posted on August 8, 2015 by edcol52

Originally posted on MourningAmyMarie:
The calendar I was desperately trying to ignore screamed the news to me at 12:23 a.m. on August 4, 2015. Everyone was sleeping when I jolted out of bed, sobbing quietly as I made my way…

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How Losing Someone Stays With You

Posted on August 6, 2015 by edcol52

Sharing a short article from another blog. Losing a child is a permanent thing. The loss is forever. The grief is forever. The sadness is forever. There is no getting ‘over’ it. We hear a lot about the “new normal”. … Continue reading →

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A High Functioning Bereaved Parent

Posted on July 21, 2015 by edcol52

This article from the New York times sheds light on what it is like to live with the loss of a child. He describes the days where the curtain of normalcy parts to reveal the shattered landscape we carry inside … Continue reading →

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Oracle.

Posted on July 8, 2015 by edcol52

Emma puts many of the thoughts I have been having about the “new normal” and how abnormal that really is. How the grief still sneaks up on you when least expected and how you will grieve forever whether your loss … Continue reading →

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Father Day’s Aftermath

Posted on June 23, 2015 by edcol52

I realized today that I have written exactly three installments of this blog since January 1. Oh, I have kept the blog alive by reposting other articles, other’s words. In my last post of March 23 I talked about how … Continue reading →

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