HONORING LIFE

When I grieve, when I stand by others as they grieve, even in the midst of seemingly unbearable sorrow, grief becomes a way to honor life -- a way to cling to every fleeting, precious moment of joy.

-- Cortney Davis

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NOTE: A Worldwide Candle Lighting, in memory of all children who have died, is held annually the second Sunday in December, this year December 14. The Compassionate Friends Worldwide Candle Lighting unites family and friends around the globe as they light candles for one hour to honor and remember children who have died at any age from any cause. As candles are lit at 7 p.m. local time, hundreds of thousands of persons commemorate and honor children in a way that transcends all ethnic, cultural, religious, and political boundaries.

Believed to be the largest mass candle lighting on the globe, the Worldwide Candle Lighting creates a virtual 24-hour wave of light as it moves from time zone to time zone. Hundreds of formal candle lighting events are held and thousands of informal candle lightings are conducted in homes as families gather in quiet remembrance of children who have died, but will never be forgotten.

To learn more, visit The Compassionate Friends national website at http://www.compassionatefriends.org/. We invite you to light a candle at 7:00 p.m. on December 14 in your time zone "...that their light may always shine."