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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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Where are My Simchas?
In Hebrew, ‘simcha’ means gladness or joy. It is often used as a noun to denote any celebration because a celebration is always a cause for happiness. Simchas are usually connected with one’s children: births, Bar or Bat Mitzvahs, weddings. It is … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Sadness
Tagged Grief, grieving dad, grieving parents, holidays, lossofachild, lossofason, new normal, passover, Sadness
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A New Year, Nothing New
I have been kicking ideas for a post around for the previous few weeks, but couldn’t quite coalesce them into a coherent form. I am still looking for something to bring these random and disparate thoughts and ideas together. So … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Jake Colman, Observations, Progress
Tagged forgiveness, Grief, grieving dad, lossofason, newyear, roshhashanah
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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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December 31, 2015
The following post is from last year at this time. That joyous, pineapple martini New Year’s Eve seems so far away, like a fragment of a dream remembered upon awakening. Two years ago we sat in our home, the first night … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Memory, Sadness
Tagged Grief, grieving dad, grieving parents, holidays, newnormal, newyearseve
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