I had no idea how badly the hit on Santorum regarding his deceased child had hurt him until I happened to chat with a neighbor last night.
My neighbor is left leaning, an older educated man. He made reference to Santorum “playing with the dead child” with disdain. While how the Santorums handled the tragic event isn’t for me, I don’t judge that. I think it was reasonable, and told my neighbor so.
My dog died in my arms. I wanted to hold him forever.
I can’t imagine letting go of an infant. I can’t imagine the pain of losing a child. That shouldn’t have been an issue.
[ He made reference to Santorum “playing with the dead child” with disdain. ]
That was the MSM Narritive and your neighbor parroted it verbatim.
I feel that only those who have also had a child die in their arms, with older children at home, should comment on the Santorums’ decision to take their precious baby boy’s body home to share with his mourning siblings and have a funeral for him there.
I hope to never be able to make an intelligent opinion on how other parents grieve their dead babies.