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More than a hundred families gathered on Dec. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church-South Divide to remember all of the children who they have lost over the years. The candlelight ceremony included poem readings, music, reading of children’s names and lighting of the candles. Also included was a video slideshow with the children’s pictures and parents placing their child’s picture ornament on the angel tree.
A light can be signified by a flashlight checking for monsters under the bed, a sun coming up over cornfields, or even a shooting star. But a light can also symbolize something as important as remembrance.
Mothers and fathers, brothers and sisters, grandmothers and grandfathers, and friends all gathered Dec. 9 at Trinity Lutheran Church- South Divide in Sidney at 2 p.m. to remember the loved ones that have gone before them.
The Worldwide Candle Lighting Ceremony is put on every second December by The Compassionate Friends organization and serves as a remembrance for children who have died. Thi...
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