[Wonderama Mama]

It’s so sad for her two young sons. I have a boy the same age and it’s such a tough age. I cannot imagine the pain of loosing a parent on top of it. prayers for the family.

[MrNeutron1962]

Indeed, I lost my first wife to cancer when my son was 8, to tell you the truth, even though he is now 15, there are times when you can just tell he has been affected for life. I think the loss of a parent in your childhood must be the hardest thing a child can go through.

My daughter, who was only a few weeks past her 5th birthday when her mother died, doesn’t even remember a time when her “birth mom” wasn't ill.