Essays: Death of a child 11 Articles

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by Cherilyn Kyle

For a moment time stood still. Just a moment ago the birds were singing, the sun was shining and all was right with the world. Now my world was gone and I didn't even see it go. I dimly heard someone talking and I stared s...read more

by Emmy Daniels

My youngest daughter, Adrianna, started walking yesterday. She is 13 months old. Although this occasion should be only joyous, as one of her most important milestones, for me it is also painful; for as I look at my beautif...read more

by Morgan Johnson

I have never been comfortable attending funerals before. Something happened in 2001 to make an already dreaded event far worse. My daughter was murdered. There are many details surrounding that event but the critical mo...read more

by Joan Mauney

Do I know something about the death of a child? I wish I didn't. Unfortunately, I do. My grandmother lost her oldest son when he was fifteen years old, to Rheumatic fever. She had six more boys and loved each one dearly; ...read more

by Arthur Gibson

Nothing is as devastating to a family as the loss of a child. It just seems to go against the natural order of things for a child to die and leave parents and grandparents behind. Our expectations are that our children wil...read more

by Christine D. Patterson

Twenty-eight years ago she had twin boys. What joy this brought to her life. Two weeks into the birth of her twins, time stopped for her. One of her twin boys had a brain tumor. The doctors gave him twelve months to live a...read more

by Lisa Li

I am not aware off, I have lost anything since my only child died by a malignant tumour in her kidney when she was 4 year old, 1991 (Sorry, I could not remember the date because I lost some memory). It seems my life has go...read more

by Kelly Brumbaugh

There is so much death in the world. Death of the elderly, sad, yet expected. Death of the seriously ill. Another sad, but slightly expected. But one of the worst types of death is a child's death. They could die in a...read more

by Krista Pusch

I remember it like it was yesterday. I knew I was pregnant and finally had the positive test to prove it. It was about 1630 on that Tuesday and I waited for my husband to get home to tell him we finally had the answer we w...read more

by Maria Corizone

The death of a child is something no parent should ever have to endure. The anguish, sorrow and unbelievable pain that rips through ones heart is unimaginable. I firmly believe this is an area where only others who have ...read more

by Amber Richards

I am blessed with a wonderful son named Christian but I am often faced with the question "When will you have another?". The truth is, I may never have another and I am only twenty-three years old. When my son was six month...read more