2007 Worldwide Candle Lighting Event
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From: MaryD on 7 Dec 2007 23:01 Thanks, Daniel. I had missed posting this. We've lost several teenagers in this area in the past couple years, so it is a time to remember.... MaryD "Daniel" <deltaechomike(a)usa.net> wrote in message news:6iqil3pksqagh3cpg549t8pmhtjpfdre0n(a)4ax.com... > MaryD always posts this, but I don't see anything, so here goes: > > http://thecompassionatefriends.org/2007_WCL/2007_WCL_Intro.htm > > "Held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 9, > The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and > friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and > remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles > are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons > commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, > cultural, religious, and political boundaries. > > "The Worldwide Candle Lighting is a gift from The Compassionate > Friends to the bereavement community allowing us all to join together > in unity to remember and honor the memories of all children so they > may never be forgotten. > > "Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the > Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as > it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle > lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings > are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of > special children to always be remembered." > > . . . > > I like to do this and think of all of you moms out there and the > children you've lost. > > Peace, > -- > Daniel ( deltaechomike(a)usa.net )
From: MaryD on 7 Dec 2007 23:06 I meant to add that though this is on a site for survivors of murder victims, the suggestions are very relevant to anyone who has lost someone. MaryD "MaryD" <nojunkstuff1776(a)hotmail.com> wrote in message news:475a1700$0$2780$38cecc19(a)news.illicom.net... > Thanks, Daniel. I had missed posting this. We've lost several teenagers > in this area in the past couple years, so it is a time to remember.... > > MaryD > > "Daniel" <deltaechomike(a)usa.net> wrote in message > news:6iqil3pksqagh3cpg549t8pmhtjpfdre0n(a)4ax.com... >> MaryD always posts this, but I don't see anything, so here goes: >> >> http://thecompassionatefriends.org/2007_WCL/2007_WCL_Intro.htm >> >> "Held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 9, >> The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and >> friends around the globe in lighting candles for one hour to honor and >> remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles >> are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons >> commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, >> cultural, religious, and political boundaries. >> >> "The Worldwide Candle Lighting is a gift from The Compassionate >> Friends to the bereavement community allowing us all to join together >> in unity to remember and honor the memories of all children so they >> may never be forgotten. >> >> "Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the >> Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as >> it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle >> lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings >> are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of >> special children to always be remembered." >> >> . . . >> >> I like to do this and think of all of you moms out there and the >> children you've lost. >> >> Peace, >> -- >> Daniel ( deltaechomike(a)usa.net ) > >
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