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Tag Archives: friendship
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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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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One Year On
These are some of the messages I received over the past few days from friends and family remembering Jake and that dreadful day one year ago. • • • Exactly one year ago today, I was walking into my house … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Family, Friends Write, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Support
Tagged friendship, memory, one year ago, Sadness
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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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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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How to Help A Grieving Friend
Here is another excellent article from Megan Devine on how to help a grieving friend. It speaks for itself, and if you know someone who has recently lost a loved one, you can help in meaningful, concrete ways. You can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Blog, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Support
Tagged bereavement, friendship, grieving, helpingothersgrieve, support
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Think of the “Like” button as a “Support” button
While it may be difficult to “Like” posts about the death of a child, the grief of a parent, the difficulties we all face while living without our children, I know that when you click “Like”, you let me know … Continue reading
Posted in Friends and Family, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman, Kindness, Support
Tagged friendship, Grief, griefsupport, grievingparent, likebutton, livingwithgrief, socialmedia
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In Their Words
In the months since Jake’s death I have received scores of private messages on Facebook, texts, phone calls, emails, voice mails, and snail mail letters from Jake’s friends. I wanted to share some of them with you so you can … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Friends Write, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory
Tagged #, #rememberingJake, friends, friendship, Grief, love, memory
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Books and Bowls
Today I got two stacks of letters ready to mail. The first was made up of some bills Jake left behind. I wrote a brief letter explaining the situation to the creditors and printed copies of the death certificate. Seeing … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Food, Friends and Family, Grief, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake's Library, Jake's Spirit, Kindness, Memory, Progress, Support
Tagged friendsandfamily, friendship, legacy, lossofachild, movingforward, onedayatatime, singingbowls
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Forever Young
In reading some of the “grief literature”, and in comments and discussions I have seen, I have learned some new terms. “Grief Spasms”, those paroxysms of anguish that grip, periodically often without warning. “Chronic Sorrow” describes exactly what condition a … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Grief, Healing, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Progress, Sadness
Tagged comfortingwords, friendship, grievingparents, grievingprocess, lossofachild, shabbat
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