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What You Can Say to a Bereaved Parent
I came across this article today, and it is a succinct and honest look at what you can say to someone who has lost a son or daughter. http://www.today.com/parents/child-loss-what-you-should-should-not-say-parents-t30596?cid=sm_fbn There is also one thing you may never say, “I know … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Jake Colman, Kindness, Other Media, Support
Tagged bereavedparent, coping, Grief, grievingparent, lossofachild
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The Memory Labyrinth
We recently went north to attend a wedding in Sebastopol, near Santa Rosa in Northern California. On our way back home, we drove out to the Sonoma coast along the Russian River valley, a lovely 20 miles through rolling forested … Continue reading
Posted in Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged bereavedparent, coping, grievingparent, lossofachild, memorial, memory, vastloss
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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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August 19, 2015
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
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged anniversary, bereavedparent, brightest star, coping, deathofachild, deathofmyson, family, friendsandfamily, Grief, grieving parent
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“Full Impact” by Kelly Farley
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…
Posted in Blog, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman, Other Media
Tagged apathy, bereavedparent, brightest star, coping, deathofachild, deathofason
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How Losing Someone Stays With You
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
Posted in Coping, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Other Media
Tagged anniversary, bereavedparent, coping, deathofachild, deathofason, Grief
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A High Functioning Bereaved Parent
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
Posted in Coping, Healing, Jake Colman, Other Media
Tagged bereavedparent, coping, deathofachild, deathofason
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Another Voice in the Chorus
Originally posted on Grief: One Woman's Perspective:
The suicide of Rick and Kay Warren’s son made headline news a year ago. Rick is the founder and senior pastor of Saddleback Church, one of the largest churches in America, and…
Posted in Blog, Friends and Family, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman, Kindness, Memory, Other Media, Support
Tagged bereavedparent, Grief, griefsupport, grievingparent, livingwithgrief, lossofachild, Mourning, support
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For Whom Do We Weep?
I woke up this morning at 6:35 with tears in my eyes. Usually I am awake before my iPhone starts to play the Chopin Nocturne #1 that is my alarm clock, but today, the music dragged me up from a … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Observations, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged bereavedparent, deathofachild, grievingfather, hopeforthefuture, suddendeath, tears, tragicloss
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The First Tee
I am standing on the first tee of a beautiful golf course. The soft grey pre-dawn light mutes the colors, the ocean faintly visible in the distance. As I look down the fairway, Jake drives up behind me, alone in … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Golf, Jake's Spirit, Poetry, Visions
Tagged bereavedparent, deathofachild, deathofmyson, golfwithyourkids, jakecolman, lossofachild, poetry, suddendeath, thefirsttee
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