Lighting a Candle for Jan!
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Chanukah begins tomorrow evening.
I will light the candles for eight nights alone, even though Jan is still with me and always will be.
Today in my Saturday grief support group, we did a candle-lighting memorial service.
My voice quivered like a broken guitar string.
But I spoke Jan’s name and expressed gratitude for her love and support.
I read a poem by Mary Alice Ramish before we lit our candles.
Those we love remain with us for love itself lives on,
and cherished memories never fade because a loved one’s gone.
Those we love can never be more than a thought apart,
far as long as there is memory, they’ll live on in the heart.
Jan has been embedded in my heart since the day we met.
When I kissed her on the top of her head, it was a message that our love would never die.
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