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This blog’s for you, Dad
Image via Wikipedia Death is all around us. We routinely watch people getting blown away on television and in movies, read about it in books and everyday in the newspaper. But it is a different...
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So long, Cookie
Image by Christopher Chan via Flickr The eulogy was short, just like Cookie’s time with us. It went something like, “Those hours you spent in our house were among our brightest. You lit up that tank...
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Here Is The Love
John It wasn’t supposed to be this way. This was not the end he wanted. Nevertheless it’s happening, proceeding like your worst nightmare on speed. But let me tell you about the love. There is so much...
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Strong and Brave
He can’t go yet – we are still learning from him. He continues to be a picture of grace, flashing his beautiful smile every time someone enters the room. Thanking every nurse and doctor who comes by....
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A New Star in the Sky
Look out, there will be carnage. We are hurting acutely, our star center forward has left the building, and we are yearning for him. This adjustment to a lacklustre life, sans John, will not be an...
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Never to be Forgotten
It would be difficult to pay him a tribute that equaled his legacy, but as tributes go it came close. People came in droves to his three wakes – lined up for blocks and waited over an hour to say a...
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Grief, Considered
This night we danced Grief is radically different when viewed from arms length. I read about it everyday in the news, it is almost as benign as the weather. I easily gloss over its bottomless depths...
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Lives Lived
There were many stories to choose from, so writing a 500 word story about John was difficult. Yet when you have known someone like him, and he is taken too soon from his life’s course, you want to tell...
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In the Stillness We Remember
If you stare straight at the sun, it burns your eyes. And so it is when you lose someone you love. It’s been a year now. There is a yawning crater where once there was an incredible person, and it’s...
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Father’s Day Reflection
It’s been twenty years since I’ve seen my Dad, so Father’s Day can be difficult. All those ads for barbecues and razors fill me with sadness because I’m not part of the marketing frenzy this holiday...
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