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Category Archives: Memory
The New Header Photo
Jake made this photo of a carousel, taken in London’s Covent Garden, during our last trip to England. It was 2006, the year of our family adventure in Italy. Jake attended a month-long cooking and language school in Bologna and we … Continue reading
Posted in Food, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Photography
Tagged carousel, cornishpasties, Coventgarden, England, missingmyson, photography, travel
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The Tiniest and Most Random Details
We get dozens of catalogs in the mail every week. I was leafing through one of them the other day, the Fall catalog from Sur La Table, an upscale cookware and kitchen supply company. It has the usual Le Creuset … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Memory, Sadness
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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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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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Sometimes, It’s the Most Unexpected Things
We have a small guest house attached to our home. Jake lived back there on and off during various phases these last several years. When we went to collect his belongings from Palm Springs last December, we just put everything … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged deathofachild, Grief, grievingparent, memory, Sorrow
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Twenty-one
It has been twenty-one weeks since I heard those heart-stopping words over my cell phone that bright Saturday afternoon. Nearly five months, and yet, it was at once, but a moment ago, and an aeon ago. Twenty-one Friday nights, twenty-one … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged deathofachild, grievingparent, healing, memorialday, pearls
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Three Little Words
Today, I won’t go into an exposition on Greek Mythology, no analysis of Modern Art, no philosophy, Natural History, deep insights, happy memories, or photos. Just three little words; I miss him …
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Jake Colman, Memory, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged Grief, grievingparents, memory, missingmyson, Sadness, Sorrow
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The Persistence of Memory
“The Persistence of Memory” is arguably one of Salvador Dali’s best known and most analyzed paintings. Scores of scholars have written millions of words exploring the symbolism of the soft watches, the ants, the cliffs, and the figure in the center of the … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged beachhut, Dali, Grief, grievingparent, kauai, lossof, memory, palmolive
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