Candle Category: Sorrow

We light this candle for the victims of the Atlanta Spa shootings. We bear witness to this loss and the racist, misogynist hatred that compels inhumane acts of violence, and we commit ourselves to defending the innocent against acts of domestic terror. 

We light this candle to bring warmth to the Minemier and Ponticello family as they mourn their gentle, loving dog, Baci. Barb shares: “we were truly blessed to have him in our lives.”

Nick Lewis and Judie Rinearson light this candle of sorrow for Nick‘s sister Norah and her husband Hugo. Hugo‘s brother Ponsiano was murdered in Uganda outside his home two weeks ago.  The family is still in shock and mourning.

We lit a candle for Beth McGrain. Her mother died on February 9, 2021 and her father is recovering from Covid. May this candle bring warmth to Beth in this time of loss.

Judie Rinearson lit a candle of deep sorrow for her former Australian paralegal, Karen DenToll, who died last weekend after a brief battle with liver cancer. Karen graduated from law school and became a leading lawyer. When Nick and Judie recently had dinner with Karen and her 9-year old daughter and are both heartbroken by...

Let Mary find peace as she begins hospice care, just a few weeks after her 90th birthday.