- Follow The Infinite Fountain on WordPress.com
-
Join 1,292 other subscribers
Visits
- 75,097 views
Search the Fountain
My Other Blogs
-
Recent Posts
Archives
Articles
- A Hole in the Soul
- Finding the Words
- High Functioning Bereaved Parent
- How to Help a Grieving Friend
- How to Help a Grieving Friend: 11 Things to Do When You're Not Sure What to Do.
- Living With Grief: A Conversation Between Men
- Solving the Problem of Grief: The Solution is Not What You Think
- The Art of Presence
- The Lesson of Holiness Even in Death
- The New Normal -Ten Things I learned About Trauma
- What I Wish More People Understood About Losing a Child
- What Suffering Does
Blogs I Follow
- A Father's Loss
- A Mother Without A Child
- A Working Grief
- Addictchild
- Broken Mothers Club
- for julia ruth
- Grief and Gratitude
- Grief: One Woman's Perspective
- Grieving Dads
- Grieving Parent
- learning to let go 2016
- Love and Olives
- MourningAmyMarie
- My Bright Shining Star
- Toward Building a Life That Shines
- What Kate Did Next
- Willow Post
- Zachary, Forever 21
Donate to the Scholarship FUnd
My Other Blogs
Online Resources
Tag Archives: Grief
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
6 Comments
It’s Gonna Be a Tough Few Weeks
Well, here we go. Careening into the ‘holiday season’. For many people, this is a very difficult time of year under the best of circumstance; for someone who is grieving the loss of a child, it can be excruciating. That … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged anniversary, chronic sorrow, dealingwithdeath, deathofachild, Grief, grieving parent, hanukkah, heartache, holidays, newyearseve, thanksgiving
12 Comments
Eleven Months
It is the orthodox custom to recite Kaddish, the prayer said by mourners on behalf of the departed, for eleven months following the death of a parent. Why eleven months? The belief is that the departed sits under Divine judgement for … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Progress, Sadness
Tagged Grief, grievingdad, grievingparent, kaddish, lossofason, Sorrow
8 Comments
The Akeidah
God said to Abraham, “Kill me a son” Abe says, “Man, you must be puttin’ me on” God say, “No”, Abe say, “What?” God say, “You can do what you want Abe, but The next time you see me comin’ … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Daily Ramblings, Jake Colman, Observations
Tagged abraham, akedah, Grief, grievingdad, grievingparents, isaac, lossofason, sacrifice
3 Comments
Sometimes, It’s the Most Unexpected Things
We have a small guest house attached to our home. Jake lived back there on and off during various phases these last several years. When we went to collect his belongings from Palm Springs last December, we just put everything … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged deathofachild, Grief, grievingparent, memory, Sorrow
10 Comments
Please Stand By
I know the past few posts have been re-blogs of other’s people’s writing. I have been going through a bit of a slump this week; my internal landscape seems to be shifting around. Sharing some of the wonderful discourse that is … Continue reading
“Grief and Loss”
This showed up today from another blog I follow, Grief and Gratitude. I am still in the sleepwalking phase; I can’t yet say when I might make it to the next phase. But I know, intellectually, that there is another life ahead … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grief, Healing, Jake Colman
Tagged Grief, grievingparent, lifeafterloss, livingwithgrief, Loss
Leave a comment
Three Little Words
Today, I won’t go into an exposition on Greek Mythology, no analysis of Modern Art, no philosophy, Natural History, deep insights, happy memories, or photos. Just three little words; I miss him …
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Jake Colman, Memory, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged Grief, grievingparents, memory, missingmyson, Sadness, Sorrow
4 Comments
The Persistence of Memory
“The Persistence of Memory” is arguably one of Salvador Dali’s best known and most analyzed paintings. Scores of scholars have written millions of words exploring the symbolism of the soft watches, the ants, the cliffs, and the figure in the center of the … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Sadness
Tagged beachhut, Dali, Grief, grievingparent, kauai, lossof, memory, palmolive
1 Comment
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
3 Comments
The Infinite Fountain 