Candle Category: Support

Dan & Leslie Silver lit a candle of support and love for their good friend Lee Ralph and his family. Lee and a group of other doctors were hit by a truck in La Paz, Mexico and Lee suffered extensive though not life threatening injuries. We wish for his healing and recovery.

We lit a candle for the students, women, and kin in Iran who are leading protests to secure the liberties they deserve as human beings, liberties that their country’s government denies. May their courage hold. May the world bear witness. May they win.

We lit a candle for all of those whose lives have been affected by Hurricane Ian, from Florida to South Carolina, and beyond. As we rush to aid the victims of this latest storm, let us not forget those in Puerto Rico who are still reeling from the devastation of Hurricane Fiona.

We lit a candle for those in Pakistan, where nearly one third of the nation is under flood waters due to a climate-change-amplified monsoon.

We lit a candle for the people of Ukraine, seeing signs that they might just prevail against a global bully and the thugs supporting him.

We light this candle in awareness and solidarity with our siblings who right now don’t have access to clean water, or water at all, and with those who are suffering from droughts or flooding. May they find relief soon. And may this light remind us that we are stewards of the waters and our fragile...