tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post4627358736872768157..comments2023-07-15T08:56:14.052-07:00Comments on ::::::::::Becoming::::::::::: El Dia de los Muertos: Day of the Dead is almost hereDr. Joanne Cacciatorehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10863060782827061955noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-83487393026147284012008-10-28T15:42:00.000-07:002008-10-28T15:42:00.000-07:00I too, think often of our culture's disconnect fro...I too, think often of our culture's disconnect from death, it's taboo. I wish it wasn't this way. Perhaps if we embraced death, more people would understand the needs of bereaved families...perhaps we could all make more beauty with these experiences.<BR/>Thank you for writing about this.<BR/>Interestingly, I hadn't realized until just now that my subsequent daughter was born on the day of the dead...a day we celebrate her life, and remember her sister who is gone...hmmm.<BR/>Thank youNoëlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839792346566693129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-4018322772714272062008-10-27T15:25:00.000-07:002008-10-27T15:25:00.000-07:00This is my family's first Halloween following the ...This is my family's first Halloween following the death of my six-year-old son in July. I've been thinking a lot about the Day of the Dead. In the past we enjoyed candy and costumes and shivery things in the night. Lately, I've wondered how to enjoy Halloween at all. To think of it as a time to connect with my child who is soaring, as you beautifully put it, I find reassuring. I'm so glad I stumbled across your blog.lforsterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00034193323718118240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-33156663175957102592008-10-25T08:56:00.000-07:002008-10-25T08:56:00.000-07:00Wow. I am so glad you posted about this. I have re...Wow. I am so glad you posted about this. I have recently been thinking a lot about "Dia de los Muertos", even though I am not Hispanic. <BR/>I had seen a Mexican painting that showed a skeleton figure standing with live figures, and remembered seeing it before and thinking it was gruesome. This time when I saw it I was amazed how comforting it was. The difference is that I had since lost my precious son at 38 weeks last November.<BR/>When I read this post I was amazed at the timing of this holiday! My baby died on Halloween. I delivered him on November 3. <BR/>This year I feel sick at the thought of "celebrating" Halloween. Perhaps my family can begin traditions from these Hispanic customs. I especially love the idea of lighting the candle and awaiting the return of our Angelito.<BR/>Thank you for your writings. It is wonderfully comforting to have someone who understands and who can express so eloquently the agonizing emotions that grieving mothers feel.Michellehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16257277238236544458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-48552083011854307252008-10-24T22:33:00.000-07:002008-10-24T22:33:00.000-07:00Here in America, of course, we pretend death won't...Here in America, of course, we pretend death won't happen, or at least can be prevented if we buy enough brand-name products.<BR/><BR/>Cool blog. Anybody who quotes Gandhi, Twain, Erich Fromm, Rumi, Thomas Merton, and Martin Luther King in one blog is...actually, I thought I was the only one who did that...though without the beautiful pictures from Mexico. Dammit.<BR/><BR/>I shall read further....Dr. Jay SWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08631848276936859276noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-984330758590198929.post-9955043328673644342008-10-24T19:40:00.000-07:002008-10-24T19:40:00.000-07:00Joanne, I just started reading a few weeks ago in ...Joanne, I just started reading a few weeks ago in depth about this day. Thank you for posting this.<BR/>I wish Americans would embrace such things.<BR/><BR/>There are so many things this society could do to make grieving so much easier.<BR/><BR/>Love, AngieAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com