Posted on 10/15/2019 4:33:14 AM PDT by sodpoodle
“there is no sorrow on earth like losing a child.”
I can say AMEN to that.....
I had no idea so many FReepers had lost a child. I lost my daughter at age 15. Grief is a burden that must be borne alone but empathy can be carried by many.
Having had 4 miscarriages after the birth of my only child, I can tell you that a Mother withholds her commitment/affection (after her first miscarriage) until she knows that a pregnancy will continue. That being said, my son is the light in my life and I would never have thought to withhold affection and love for him because of my losses. I am beyond sad for anyone who has lost a child. I am thankful that my losses happened before I was able to bond with my children who didn’t survive until birth. I cannot imagine the pain of people who have lost a living child, for any reason.
At that time, my son was the same age. I remember reading that the housekeeper had left a window open and they were living in a NYC high rise. I also remember thinking that Conor was just trying to fly. No, I cannot comprehended what Clapton went through. And that song must have been comforting to him as I suspect it is to others who have ‘lost’ a child.
We lost our 36-year-old daughter three years ago, a loss which is slightly assuaged because we so enjoyed her presence here at home during her first twenty-seven years before her marriage, and further so because through her we have gained a wonderful son; but primarily because we have the priceless consolation of certainty that we will be reunited with Joanna in heaven because each of us has repented of our sins, gratefully accepted Jesus’s sacrificial atonement on our behalf, and so been born again to eternal life with Him.
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