Sunday December 14...Compassionate Friends "Light a Candle" day

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See below for details. We will be lighting our candle in loving memory of our daughter, Emmy, who was killed by a drunk driver almost 6 years ago. At the time of her death, she was planning her wedding to her fiance'/father of her two children, my beautiful grandbabies (hence my DU name).
So my adjunct thought for all my DU friends, and for your friends and families, is that you all have a safe Holiday; please don't drink and drive!

The Compassionate Friends, a national self-help organization for families that have experienced the death of a child, invites everyone to light a candle for one hour at 7 p.m. local time next Sunday, Dec. 14, during The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting. The remembrance is held the second Sunday in December each year.

Candles are first lit west of the International Date Line, and then an hour later in the next time zone, eventually encircling the globe in a 24-hour wave of light.

With nearly 600 chapters in the United States, and a national presence in 30 countries around the world, The Compassionate Friends expects hundreds of organized memorial services on that day, open to all those who grieve for a child. A listing of many of these can be found on The Compassionate Friends national Web site at www.compassionatefriends.org.

Those remembering a child who has died are invited to share their thoughts Dec. 14 on the memory board at the national Web site. For more information, your readers are welcome to call the national office toll-free at 1-877-969-0010. We do this in remembrance of our children . . . that their light may always shine. - Patricia Loder, Executive Director, The Compassionate Friends, USA

a link to an article with more information:
http://www.dailydemocrat.com/articles/2003/12/07/features/features94_.txt