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Tag Archives: compassion
Another Double Whammy
Wednesday was Jake’s 2nd yahrtzeit, the anniversary of his passing in the Hebrew calendar. As I have written, the Jewish calendar is lunisolar and the dates drift around with respect to the Gregorian calendar we all use; the two dates rarely align … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Sadness, Support
Tagged beauty, cemetery, compassion, deathofachld, friendsandfamily, graveside, greivingparents, Mourning
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Light a Candle
The Compassionate Friends/USA Please join us this Sunday, December 14 for the Worldwide Candle Lighting in memory of all children gone too soon. For full information including services around the globe, visit: https://www.compassionatefriends.org/WCL…/2014_services.aspx. If there is not a service near you, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Support
Tagged Candlelighting, children, compassion, deathofachild, grieving parent, kindness, love, parents, solitude
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Message from Manila
In August, we sold our 100 year-old Detroit Jewel gas cooking stove. My dad bought it at a swap meet in 1972 and not quite knowing what to do with it, gave it to me. When I got it, it … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Food, Friends and Family, Healing, Jake Colman, Kindness, Support, Tragedy
Tagged baking, compassion, deathofason, family, friendship, Grief, isaiah, manila, prophets, stove, thanksgiving
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Fixing Shiva
Shiva is the seven days immediately following a Jewish burial. It is the very beginning of the mourning process, a process that can take a lifetime. Typically, the mourners stay at home, and members of the community come to call. … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Ceremony, Friends and Family, Grief, Kindness, Other Media, Support
Tagged bereavedfather, compassion, deathofachld, Grief, grievingdad, grievingparent, lossofachild, Mourning, shiva
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