Lauren McCain

I just finished reading an article entitled, Comfort for Grieving Parents. In the article it talks about how caring parents work hard to provide for their children. They may regularly set aside money or material goods so as to be able to help their children to start a family of their own in time. This tremendous expenditure of emotion, time, effort, and money points to one conclusion – parents raise their children to live, not to die. When a child dies, the work of raising him/her is incomplete, and the parents’ hopes for him/her are dashed. The warm love and affection that flow from the parents to the child are cut off, blocked by the stone wall of death. The place that their son or daughter once occupied in their hearts is now empty. The parents feel a deep sorrow that is not easily dispelled.

When I read that portion of the article it helped me to better understand the grief that parents often experience. The article is not only emphatic towards parents but it gives some real good suggestions on how to cope a little better with grief of this magnitude. I really think that you would enjoy reading the entire article yourself. So if a friendly neighbor comes knocking on your door with this article, feel free to request a free copy.