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[quote=Anonymous]I am not Jewish - but a good friend lost her dad about a year before I lost my dad. I watched her go through the traditions - the immediate period from death to burial, sitting Shiva, the 30 day reflective period, prayers daily for a year, the headstone a year after and a candle annually. As I went through processing my grief, I used these milestones to help me along. We as a family created some fun traditions - we have a gift from my dad to each of the kids under the Christmas Tree. This is fun as we try and capture his personality with this gift. We also did the Relay for Life as a family the year after he passed - my mom was there all night! How ever long it takes - is the right answer. And during this period, everything is harder. I hope you or who ever is grieving finds a way through that works for them[/quote]
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