Grief: Coping with the death of a child

by Christine Frey

It was just another summer day. My oldest son and his wife and my grandson had been at the beach that week so I wasn't babysitting for them. It was hot, actually it was the first day of summer, June 21,2007. My youngest...read more

by Jessica Myles

Helping a Friend Whose Child Has Died A child's death is the most devastating of all deaths. Other deaths are difficult, but they are not unexpected. In the back of your mind you've thought about the possibility of yo...read more

by Lisa Wickwire

Grief: Coping with the death of a child? I was only 19 when I had my first child, I had a beautiful baby girl we named her Ashly Ann, a beautiful name for a beautiful girl. It was a Saturday afternoon and I was get...read more

by Ann Marie Dwyer

Who would ever know that someone less than two pounds and not but 12 inches tall could affect so many lives in just 16 days? But she did. Not just her mother, but dozens of nurses and doctors, the ambulance crew, her com...read more

by Inez Victoriana

THE DEATH OF A CHILD, even the sound of it is heart wrenching. I had two children Danny was my firstborn, then Judy five years later. Danny was a healthy baby, and just as healthy as he was, that's how sickly Judy was. A...read more

by April Roberts

It was a hot summer in 1975 and although I was terribly uncomfortable I was happy. My long awaited wish of having a baby was coming true. I knew my pride and joy was a little girl and I would talk to her sweetly and hold...read more

by Matt Garr

The death of a child. The statement alone sends chills up my spine. The statement alone can bring a tear to just about anyone's eye. Death alone is no light hearted matter. However, when speaking of a death of a c...read more

by Paula Mathews

As I cruised through the subject titles searching for something to write about, I decided to look for a subject that I had experienced personally, hoping that the words would come easily. After several pages of skimming...read more

by Chelsea Adcock

I never, in my lifetime, did I imagine that I would experience the loss of a child. I had heard stories about friends of friends of friends and read about losses on the Internet, but the thought never crossed my mind that...read more

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by Lynn Anderson

My Son, Nicholas "passed away" two years ago from Musculary Dystrophy (he died in October, right before my birthday). I tried to prepare myself. I new he was dying, He Never knew, so he lived his life. Nicholas graduated H...read more

by Nathan Mack

Most people wake up from a nightmare thanking God it was only a dream, that no matter what they were dreaming of it is only in their head. Maybe it was from a TV show they watched or a conversation they had with a friend...read more

by Camille Strate

Death is a very strange concept. Many people fear death. Many more fear being left behind, watching their loved ones pass on. Still others stay in denial about it. They refuse to acknowledge such a transition (ever met a t...read more

by Jennifer Volkers

The death of a child is largely considered to be the most excruciating type of loss living beings can experience. Not only does it go against the "natural order" of life as it expected, but it creates a complicated grief. ...read more

by Kelly Duree

Grief is Pain People often say it will get better. They have obviously never been through the kind of pain that a parent who has lost a child goes through. I have been there and lived that life for the last 2 year...read more

by Natalie Camp

It has been almost two years now. Two years since I have seen my son. Two years since his photo album stopped growing. Two years since I have heard my son call me momma. On June 10, 2006, my 15 year old son died after ...read more

by Mysti Guymon

I gave birth to a six-week premature boy on August 13, 1999. He was amazingly strong, yet so tiny, weighing in at five pounds even. I brought him home and loved him deeply. I ensured every need was met all the while caring...read more

by Anne Harrell

Where Is God When a Child Dies? When a child dies whether the death is from natural causes or by sudden onset of illness or accidental death, parents ride a roller coaster with their emotions for days, weeks and month...read more

by Suzanne Richards

I like all parents never expected to live longer than my child. It seems as though I was going through life with my head in the clouds. Thinking about things that really have no meaning at all. Having money to but thing...read more

by Judy Clevenger

The natural progression of life is for a parent to precede their children in death. However, sometimes a turn of events occur and parents lose a child too soon. While I have never lost a natural born child, in 1997, my s...read more

by Mirolale

Today I died. I know I'm dead because my heart no longer beats and if there's one thing I learnt in biology, it's that a body can not function without its heart. I am certain that I'm less a body organ at the moment for I...read more