Posted on Jan 2, 2019
Do you choose to recognize those close to you that have passed away during the course of the year? If so, how do you go about it?
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Recognizing those we served with that are no longer with us is rather normal and we actually have a federal holiday marked out do to such things. When it comes with others that are close to us, our family and or friends, do you recognize them after they have passed? My father passed away a handful of years ago and I choose to remember him (I mean I remember him constantly because he was my father) on his birthday (which happens to be today). I know of some friends that go to the cemetery on the anniversary of someone's passing, some that go on their birthday, and some that choose to forget altogether. How do you go about dealing with loss at that point?
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Posted 6 y ago
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Mostly, by recalling them by actions in the past and their reactions, good and bad, when similar events occur. With few exceptions, those have passed, are loved and remembered for about two generations. It will be the same with all of us.
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Man I am sure I don’t do it right, but for me it is a year round thing. There is not a day that goes by their psyical absence is not felt and their actions not recognized. They are my brothers and they are missed greatly.
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My son was hit and killed by a car when he was 12. For a couple days, I indulged mourning him... to some small degree at the expense of my still living daughter and wife. Then my wife's Grandfather and my father delivered the equivalent of the General Patton slap. I still miss my son, the daughter-in-law and Grandchildren I'll never have, but I'll never forget that my loyalty is to the living FIRST. The last thing I want is for my daughter to wonder if I ever wish it was her.
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