I do NOT blame you that my son and my sorrow have drifted down your list of “things that need attention”. Your life is as busy as mine once was and your calendar full of commitments and celebrations that require your attendance.
But each year it feels lonelier and lonelier.
Because each year fewer and fewer people remember or if they do, they don’t know how to offer that up as a blessing because it feels awkward or stiff.
So may I suggest a few things that most bereaved parents would absolutely LOVE for friends and family to say or do-especially as the months roll into years or even decades?
Read the rest here: When It’s Been YEARS-How to Bless a Grieving Parent
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So, so true. PattieSent from the office
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Oh my dear Melanie, how true your words.
It will be nine years in 24 days my precious child graced the heavens.
It is so painful not to have her remembered.
I do make it a point to post a picture of her or a memory and sometimes that triggers a passing thought to those, that in my heart, I feel should remember her without prodding.
It takes a great deal of faith not to let this bother me still.
My heart holds yours as you remember your precious so, Dominic.
Blessings and Peace to your Spirit.
Isabel, Christina’s mom
“I believe in pink. I believe that laughing is the best calorie burner. I believe in kissing, kissing a lot. I believe in being strong when everything seems to be going wrong. I believe that happy girls are the prettiest girls. I believe that tomorrow is another day and I believe in miracles.” ― Audrey Hepburn http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/692403.Audrey_Hepburn
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