Grief is not a linear process. It ebbs and flows, weaves and turns, and loves to play jumprope with its order and availability. These are some thoughts on the first month after I lost my dad.
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A eulogy for my father. Harry M. Halbkram, 73, of Ewing died Thursday, July 25, 2024. Born in Philadelphia, he was a former resident of Yardley, PA. Mr. Halbkram attended Columbia University Jewish Theological Seminary and was ritual director at NSS Beth-El in Highland Park, Ill. He was the manager of several Radio Shack stores before retiring.
Read MoreMy Father: The Spy and The Prisoner
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Harry Halbkram has been many things - a teacher, a caregiver, a Cold War spy, and most importantly, my father. For more than a decade, has been fighting an endless war he knows he’s going to lose.
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I wonder what he imagines in the darkness, if he even imagines anything at all. His brain doesn’t work like yours or mine; and through everything I’ve never once considered it to be a colorful place. What a cruel joke it would be for a brain, stunted at each mental and biological response we take for granted, to dream in color.
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