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How Can I Sing With a Broken Heart.
We went to a concert last night. Hawaiian music. Keola Beamer, a master of Hawaiian slack key guitar, and Henry Kapono. They were two of the progenitors and drivers of the Hawaiian Rennaissance during the 60’s and 70’s. It was … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged deathofmyson, family, familyvacation, grieving dad, grieving parents, hawaii, hawaiianmusic, kauai, marktwain, memoryofalovedone, music
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December 28, 2017
Thursday was December 28, the 4th December 28th since Jake’s passing. 4 years. It doesn’t seem possible, but in this new world I now inhabit, anything is possible. It is one of the curiosities of time that it can be … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Progress, Sadness
Tagged dealingwithdeath, deathofachild, deathofmyson, friendship, graveside, grieving parents, healing, heartache, lossofafriend, memories
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In the Beginning …
“You say you lost your faith, but that’s not where it’s at. You had no faith to lose and you know it.” Bob Dylan – Positively 4th Street We have just come through the three weeks of what is called … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Grief, Jake Colman
Tagged deathofachild, deathofmyson, grieveingparent, grievingdad, highholydays, isthereagod, lifeafterloss, lost children, lostfaith
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A Perpetual State of Bewilderment
It seems unbelievable that exactly three years ago, I wrote a post for this blog titled “A New Stage”. It was a stage of grief that isn’t really discussed in the “grief literature”, one that I named the WTF stage. … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Jake Colman, Progress
Tagged addiction, confusion, deathofason, deathofmyson, grieveingparent, grieving parents, 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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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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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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