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Tag Archives: thanksgiving
Thanksgiving 2015
I want to reach out to all of those who may have an empty chair at their Thanksgiving table this year. A chair once occupied by a loving son or daughter. For them, this is a difficult time of year, … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Coping, Friends and Family, Healing, Honoring Jake, Jake's Spirit, Memory, Support
Tagged dealingwithdeath, family, gratitude, holidays, lossofachild, thanksgiving
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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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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
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Thanksgiving
Well, here it is. Thursday. Thanksgiving. One day before another 28th. Wouldn’t it have been ironic if … well, anyway. This year it feels like someone else’s holiday. Oh yes, I have much to be grateful for. I have a … Continue reading
Posted in Ceremony, Food, Friends and Family, Jake Colman, Memory
Tagged deathofason, family, friends, gratitude, grievingparents, hanukkah, latkes, Sorrow, thankful, thanksgiving
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