[annieokie]

No one can know the pain of a parent when their child dies, no matter the age of the child.

For them to even speak on the subject exposes their ignorance of the grief process. The pain never ends, my son died 24 yrs ago at age 24, and it still hurts, and yes we cry.

There is no books to tell you how to grieve, and none should be. The Santorums are simply communicating how they dealt with it, and I find nothing wrong with their actions.

Simply because the Santorums spoke of it, does not mean it is open for discussion by the ignorant. Just leave it alone if you do not agree with them.

Some responses are best left unsaid, for the sake of compassion. None of my business attitude.

Like you my faith sustains me, and I will see him tomorrow, (if you know what I mean, I'm sure you do), in fact that is the last words I said to him, then he left.

[coloradomomba]

God Bless you Annie..you have brought me to tears. May the Lord grant you strength and fill your heart with sweet memories until you see your son again.

[MamaB]

Do you ever sense his presence around you? It is so odd but my daughter!and i have been “seeing” both my daughter and her daddy. I was sitting in my recliner the other day using my iPad. I kept sensing someone in the room with me. I kept looking up because that feeling was so very strong and a few minutes later, I “saw” 2 shapes. When I told my daughter, she said since he had been involved with computers since the early 1960’s when they were the size of fridges, he and my other daughter were very curious about what I was doing. We have been having really strong dreams about them, too. They are very comforting. They are always smiling and seem very happy. The anniversary of my daughter's death is 1/15/12. My grandfather, dad and mom all died on 1/6 of different years. We are all relieved when we get past that date. I am sorry for your loss. God is the Answer! God bless.