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Category Archives: Observations
Ten
Ten. It’s a perfect score in gymnastics. It’s a 1979 movie with Bo Derek. It’s the number of commandments. It’s also the number of years since we got the terrible phone call that shattered our lives. Yes, 10 years ago … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Kindness, Memory, Observations, Progress
Tagged deathofachild, grievingdad, memory
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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
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Into the New Year
January is almost over, so if I am going to write a post on the New Year and the past Holiday season, I’d better get on it before it is next year already. We made it through the Holidays basically … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Jake Colman, Observations, Progress
Tagged greivingparents, grievingdad, lossofachild, progress
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A New Year, Nothing New
I have been kicking ideas for a post around for the previous few weeks, but couldn’t quite coalesce them into a coherent form. I am still looking for something to bring these random and disparate thoughts and ideas together. So … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Jake Colman, Observations, Progress
Tagged forgiveness, Grief, grieving dad, lossofason, newyear, roshhashanah
6 Comments
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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December 28, 2015
Yesterday marked the second anniversary of Jake’s passing. Last year on this day, I wrote a long post about the first year, and what lessons I learned. I don’t have much new to report this year. My cousin is here … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Food, Friends and Family, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Observations, Photography, Progress
Tagged Grief, grievingdad, lessons, movingforward, new normal, newyears
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65,837 Words
I have been collecting all my writings from this past year into one long document that I keep on my computer desktop. It has a feature that counts the words, and with this post I’ll pass 65,000, not counting commentary on other … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Healing, Jake Colman, Observations
Tagged choices, death, deathofachild, deathofmyson, decisions, Mourning, regret, words, Writing
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Lessons of the Year
December 28, 2014 – 10:15 AM As we mark the one year ‘anniversary’ of Jake’s death, I find myself reflecting on the past twelve months, and what, if anything, I have learned. There have been many lessons, both painful and enlightening. It … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Kindness, Memory, Observations, Progress
Tagged deathofason, friendship, Grief, grieving parents, Loss, loyalty, memory, Mourning, progress, time, Tragedy, years
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