Candle Category: Sorrow

This is a candle of Sorrow, a remembrance for Dawn Harmon. Dawn shares: “my dearest friend who I’ve been friends with since 1978 is leaving New Jersey and moving to Florida. It’s very sad that Elizabeth is leaving.”  

Micah Desiante lights a candle of sorrow. This Friday marks 2 years since the passing of his mother. He says, “she was my role model and I miss her.”

We light a candle of sadness in memory of Richard Pearson, an artist and a drummer from Montclair, who used to run a Jazz Open Mic at the old DLV Lounge on Bloomfield Avenue. You may recall his “Jesus” headband. Richard played drums here a couple times in the last few years. He will be...

Lourdes Canizares Bidwa lights a candle of sorrow for her mother, Ana Canizares, who died this week. Please keep Lourdes, Stephen, Max and Isabella in your prayers in this time of loss.

Nick Lewis and Judie Rinearson light a candle of deep sorrow. Nick’s cousin Bill Ringle, an archeologist specializing in Mayan history and an incredibly nice guy, died suddenly from a heart attack while traveling with his wife in Japan last week. The whole family is grappling with this tragic loss. It’s been a really hard...