L O S S
Shouldn’t there be a word all unto itself to describe certain loss, frankly speaking the loss of a child? Loss has many connotations: debt, defeat, failure, etc. To express the loss of a child, there should be a word defining that only. Just one word that would be identifiable to the awful sadness and emptiness only a parent can experience when their child dies. This word would be hard to pronounce not because of its spelling, but due to its meaning. It would be spoken with a quiet, reverent voice and only if necessary. This would be the word that one would dread to use or hear amongst their family. This word could have no synonym. It would be among the English languages’ most dreadful words. When spoken, it would quiet a room bringing tears to the eyes of a stranger and heaviness to even the coldest heart. A word that would carry such terror even when whispered, could only define "death of a child."
--Patty Schiller--
(as printed in the Compassionate Friends (SanFran) 1/2-09 newsletter and written by my friend Patty)
posted by Bike @ 10:48 AM
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Marty, know that you have many friends who are with you in spirit. We realize we cannot possibly walk in your shoes, only by your side for whatever it's worth.
Yeah, that word would have to hold a lot....anger & anger & anger. Pain & pain & pain. And anger & anger & anger. The kind of anger & pain that one can never let go of or move beyond? The depths of despair in that word would know no bounds. And its ramifications could destroy lives so far beyond the one lost here on this earth.
Anon--maybe you speak from experience...but I hope not.
No one needs this burden.
peace...
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