Two Years - Dad's Ghost Birthday

[norilana]

Today, December 22, would have been my father's 92nd birthday.

It is now two years since he's been gone.

It is very strange without him.

Happy Ghost Birthday, Dad.

Remembering you.

Comments

[deborahjross]

I love the tradition of lighting a Yahrzeit memorial candle each year. You can get them at grocery stores in the kosher foods section. They look like votive candles, but they're made to burn for 24 hours.

Each year, we bring light into the world in remembrance of the light we can no longer see.

[norilana]

Oh, that sounds like a lovely tradition, thanks, Deborah. :-)

Later today Mom and I will be raising glasses of Martinelli's sparkling cider, bought especially for this a while ago.

[sacredmime]

Hope you don't mind hugs from a stranger. My dad passed away this year, so it will be the first Christmas without him.

[norilana]

Thank you. And my gentle hugs and sympathies to you. It is hard, and especially the first year...

[lrcutter]

I was just about to post about missing my dad for this Christmas as well. It's our second Christmas without him and I miss him so much.

[norilana]

Gentle hugs and sympathies!!

[starshipcat]

Hugs. My grandmother's been gone for over a decade, but the holidays always bring back memories of going to her house or having her come to visit, and they're always a little poignant, if not quite to the level of the first Christmas after she was gone.

[norilana]

Many hugs! It is always strange, even when it gets easier with time.

[lingster1]

I miss my own father more at Christmas than any other time -- and he died in 1972. It's not something you ever really get past, though now the memories are comforting rather than saddening.I like the idea of the Yahrzeit candle; I think I'll get one.

[norilana]

Many gentle hugs, Sheila! I do like that candle idea too.