{"id":5252,"date":"2012-11-21T23:53:44","date_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:53:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/?p=5252"},"modified":"2012-11-21T23:53:44","modified_gmt":"2012-11-22T03:53:44","slug":"wednesday-night-sams-yahrzeit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2012\/11\/21\/wednesday-night-sams-yahrzeit\/","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday night &#8211; Sam&#8217;s yahrzeit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSCN5830.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter  wp-image-5253\" title=\"DSCN5830\" src=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/DSCN5830-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"558\" height=\"376\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Today is the day we &#8216;officially&#8217; observe Sam&#8217;s passing. Just like birth, leaving is a process. Sam&#8217;s soul left his body on the 20th right after the accident, on the 21st he was declared brain dead and on the 22&#8217;nd his organs went to save four others.\u00a0\u00a0 I wear the reminder of this day on my left wrist\u00a0 and look at it every day..<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7336.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7337.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7211.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In my culture, it&#8217;s tradition to mark the day of death , the yahzeit, by keeping a candle burning all day..<\/p>\n<p>We appreciate all the candles others lit for him today ..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7300.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I like to think that sam would have appreciated this version more .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7303.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before i describe the day.. let me drop back to yesterday for a moment.. Yesterday started with a &#8216;sunbow&#8217;\u00a0 (or sun dog).. a good omen..<br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7176.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gabe and I marked the day by making a red bull toast as we drove back from New Hampshire. .. We always dump a little out for sam..\u00a0\u00a0 since we were moving .. we had to do it via the sunroof..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7179.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7180.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Last night I ,marked the night by going to see Dark Start Orchestra at higher ground. Wouldn&#8217;t you know, they were doing a bone marrow donation screening..\u00a0 a perfect parallel<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7190.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7185.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7187.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7192.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7195.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7204.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The concert got out around 1:30 am.. which was perfect because Max&#8217;s bus showed up around 1:45 down town. By the time we got home. ate . hugged, drank, etc, it was 3:30.AM..\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 so morning came late.. Diane was p and had the Sam candles lit.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7209.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7216.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>breakfast meant breaking out the hotsauce collection.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7212.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Before we new it, it was time to head to bolton.. we gathered at the base.. by the time we left we had more than 40 folks. it was a beautiful , warm and windless day.. a prefect day to walk with sam up the mountain.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7217.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7220.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7221.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7223.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7227.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7230.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7233.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7234.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7235.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7236.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7237.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7238.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7239.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7241.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7240.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7242.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7247.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7248.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7251.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>By the time we got to the top for the picture we had more than 50 folks.. wonderful that 6 years later Sam\u00a0 still has so many friends.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7257.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7258.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>our tradition is that gabe. max and I climb the shaky fire tower, drink a red bull and blow something up.. we did that today.. it was beautiful up there sorry I didn&#8217;t get a picture of the explosion .. but we were standing right next to a large mortar.. i was cowering with fear rather than taking the\u00a0 picture \ud83d\ude42\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 .<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7259.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7260.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7262.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7261.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7266.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7267.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7268.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7269.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7271.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7273.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7275.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7276.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7279.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7280.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7284.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7287.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7289.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7294.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7295.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>we got home around 4 .. and folks started showing up for dinner.. by 5 the house was full of\u00a0 love..<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7297.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7304.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Pucket came by with his son Sam.. such a cutie.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7307.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7311.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7312.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7313.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>James at 2 and a half was the second youngest.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7316.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7318.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7319.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7320.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7322.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Gabe poured the red bull toast&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7323.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7325.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7326.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7327.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7328.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7329.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/i147.photobucket.com\/albums\/r319\/johncohn\/nov2112\/IMG_7332.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A full day full of love . laughs, tears and stories.. As I said to folks today at the toast.. I was so sorry they had to be there.. and so glad at teh same time..<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>good night everyone&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>good night sam..hope you felt the love today !<\/p>\n<p>-me<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the day we &#8216;officially&#8217; observe Sam&#8217;s passing. Just like birth, leaving is a process. Sam&#8217;s soul left his body on the 20th right after the accident, on the 21st he was declared brain dead and on the 22&#8217;nd his organs went to save four others.\u00a0\u00a0 I wear the reminder of this day on &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/2012\/11\/21\/wednesday-night-sams-yahrzeit\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Wednesday night &#8211; Sam&#8217;s yahrzeit<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[632],"class_list":["post-5252","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","tag-sams-yahrzeit"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5252"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5255,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5252\/revisions\/5255"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5252"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5252"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/johncohn.org\/base\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5252"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}