So I don't actually know too much about Shiva. And i definitely don't mean any disrespect to any of our Jewish friends. From what I know, Shiva is a Jewish tradition in which the immediate family of the deceased stay home for 7 days and mourn. There are rules with it, many of them in fact. But friends and family come and sit and mourn with the family. Conversation isn't allowed except as initiated by the immediate family. The family isn't allowed to cook and can only eat hot meals provided by the community. At the of the 7 days, the family gets dressed up and take a walk around the block to symbolize its time to get on with real life. Jesus was Jewish and, as any religious scholar will tell you, Christianity is a form of Judaism.
So we are having our own version of Shiva. Our 7 days started yesterday. Local friends are welcome to just come and be here with us. We are doing a lot of sitting and crying and playing with Dillan. Our church is providing meals well past the end of our Shiva. Next Monday, we will make a focused effort to figure out how to go on.
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