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So Many Words
Today is the 3-month anniversary of Jake’s death. It is still difficult to believe he is gone. In these past three months, I have written many words, this post will take me past the 30,000 mark, posted hundreds of pictures, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Golf, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged anniversary, deathofason, familydinner, grievingparent, lossofachild, shabbat
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Ojai Vignettes, Part 1
Driving north on Highway 1 again. Through the same blackened and blasted landscape of six weeks ago. Today, the charred hillsides wore the gauzy green mantle of new growth that signifies Spring in California. My internal landscape was slightly less … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Food, Honoring Jake, Jake Colman, Memory, Photography, Sadness
Tagged deathofason, farmer'smarket, grievingfather, Irishmusic, lossofachild, Ojai, shabbat, spring
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Another Shabbat
Today was another unremarkable day. I guess that is also progress of a sort. A little puttering around the house, lunch with Terry, and a walk along the jetty in the afternoon. It was one of those beautiful Los Angeles … Continue reading
Posted in Daily Ramblings, Friends and Family, Grief, Jake Colman, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Progress, Sadness
Tagged grievingparents, itallianfood, lossofachild, memory, pasta, shabbat, spiritpresence
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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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Shabbat #4
Yesterday was mostly uneventful. Which, right now, is a good thing. We had our ‘California Breakfast’ of grapefruit and oranges from the tree, yogurt and bananas and strong black coffee, on the patio. Our friends, the birds, flitted about and … Continue reading
First Shabbat
January 3, 2014 We had our first Shabbat dinner since that terrible day. Laughter and tears as we shared memories. Speaking of Jake in the present rather than the past helped and hurt both at the same time. Helped because … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Grief, Honoring Jake, Jake's Spirit, Past Facebook Post, Sadness, Tragedy
Tagged deathofachild, friends, Loss, memory, Mourning, mourningalovedone, onedayatatime, senseofimmenseloss, shabbat, sittingshiva, Sorrow, stagesofgrief, suddendeath, suddendeathofson, vastloss
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