I digress this week from my usual blogs to give you
some information.
I am truly sorry that I can not reopen the ‘comment
section’ of each blog I write on Sundays. For many years it was open, and I
received wonderful information from many bereaved parents about their own
child. Unfortunately, there are those who use internet sites such as mine to
simply advertise their products and are not bereaved at all. I was hoping by
closing the comment section for a year or so, that would stop, and I could
reopen it. But it has not stopped, so I must keep it closed. To date, I have
received thousands of spam replies.
This doesn’t mean you can’t write in and comment on
one of my blogs that is of special interest to you. I can personally see your
comments, but they can’t be made public because there is no one monitoring the
site 24/7.
Many have asked questions, and because I have been
inundated with these, you may not have heard from me. Please send them to me
again with your email, and I will try to send a reply. Truly, I am not ignoring
you.
Over 62,000 people have visited my site, and I hope
it has been helpful to those who need it the most.
Here are a few comments you might enjoy reading from the 430 blogs I have printed. The
title of the blog is at the end.
I could have written this! That is exactly how I
described myself in the months following my son’s death…”a shell of the person
I once was.” And yes, grief is a transformational teacher. I just wrote on my
blog about living in the moment. Three years into this journey I am saved by
working to help others. Very few things upset me anymore because it’s all such
unimportant “stuff” in the grand scheme of life. It’s very sad that we had to
suffer such profound loss to learn these important lessons, but I do believe we
are somehow given the life purpose of helping others. I try to impress on
people daily just how fragile life is and to appreciate and love all the
wonderful things we have in life…I
Learned to Face My Grief
Two weeks after my 18 year old son was killed, our
very best friends (for years!) told us that life was for the living” and it was
time for us to get on with it. We are much more distant friends now!...Responses to Bereaved Parents
I just lost my daughter a month ago to bladder
cancer, and it all happened so fast that I can’t even wrap my head around it. I
feel as though someone has reached into my body and ripped out my chest, the
pain is so intense. I have to push it away and walk around as though I am in a
stupor or a trance. I am just existing, going through the motions of living.
How do we survive this pain and longing?...Acting
Normal After a Child’s Death
Wow, it has been three months that I lost my
daughter in an ATV accident, and so glad I found this sight. I am coping but
the hole in my heart hurts so bad. Right now it is the worst the pain has been,
and I hope one day to move on. I will not let this define me. Thank you for
writing. It helps…Impact of Child Loss
On the day our son, age 21, died, his older brother
came to be with us along with many friends and family. That night, as we all
stayed at our friends’ house, our older son and a friend of the family grieved
together and conceived our only grandson. Orion just turned five. He is the
reason we are alive. We can hear our son saying, “Lord, I will go with You, but
you must send someone to help my parents thru this.” When the grandson was
born, we realized we had a new purpose in life. I truly hurt for those parents
who have not been given a gift such as ours, and I pray often for them. My
husband and I also grieve daily for our son. I At times I feel guilty for
grieving when I have been given a grandson. Grief is that way. Thank you,
Sandy, for this blog so I could share…Simple
Joys of Life
Twenty months have passed since we lost our
wonderful son Joe, aged 20 years. Reading your words today have made me realize
I am not going mad and I have taken great comfort from your post…What Changes When Your Child Dies
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