tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post4438712888272470701..comments2023-10-06T07:05:48.896-07:00Comments on List Lust Lost: I don't want to write this post.Suzannehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18296776593284879087noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-67625234165514068522012-10-04T16:35:26.456-07:002012-10-04T16:35:26.456-07:00Thank you for this post. My sister died two weeks ...Thank you for this post. My sister died two weeks after her twentieth birthday. It will be two years in one month since her death. Losing a child at three must be absolutely devestating. I know that for my mother (and our family) losing a daughter at 20 still is. Acknowledging and validating this family's grief and the tragedy of a young life senselessly lost is important, essential.<br />PS Thanks for your comment on my post. My husband read it to me before it disappeared. Validation, baby, validation. We all need it.Tavistahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03678369574229745813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-26013954260289160692011-02-23T08:18:37.183-08:002011-02-23T08:18:37.183-08:00Thank you for reading. I live in a small town and ...Thank you for reading. I live in a small town and I see this family pretty frequently, been doing my best to let them know we are still thinking about them and none of us have forgotten M, their darling little boy. His picture is up on my best friend's refrigerator, my oldest daughter plays with their daughter at school. Not a day goes by that I don't look at my own toddler and tremble with gratitude that she is here with me.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296776593284879087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-58771145526538146092011-02-23T08:04:09.027-08:002011-02-23T08:04:09.027-08:00This post brought me to tears. I will never claim...This post brought me to tears. I will never claim to fully understand the grief of the boy's parents and can only really imagine it and have my heart break with theirs. And I thank you for giving the perspective you gave, the gift of an 'ordinary' life. I think a lot of mothers struggle with this. I've thought and written about this and have always been afraid of 'ordinary'. But you know...you're right. I want an ordinary, totally predictable and 'normal' life trajectory as a parent. I just recently got a scare, having my little one so sick, and it was beyond terrifying, having the thought that I could lose him. Thank God he is here and well. Again, thank you for your insights.Joy Page Manuelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00869379846706830802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-46815209141292865762011-01-22T20:09:31.218-08:002011-01-22T20:09:31.218-08:00I am making them some bread, hope to deliver it to...I am making them some bread, hope to deliver it tomorrow. What can you do? I just want to somehow magically make things okay for them and I can't. Thanks for reading.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296776593284879087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-79980001325466036072011-01-22T07:45:10.997-08:002011-01-22T07:45:10.997-08:00Poignant, heartfelt, undeniably true.Poignant, heartfelt, undeniably true.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16305370563300601645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-39478880217308558412011-01-20T09:46:43.417-08:002011-01-20T09:46:43.417-08:00The big solace is that the whole community is rall...The big solace is that the whole community is rallying behind this family. I hope it eases their heartbreak somewhat.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296776593284879087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-30919499945841903312011-01-20T09:36:53.625-08:002011-01-20T09:36:53.625-08:00Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. And also, in the end,...Breathtaking. Heartbreaking. And also, in the end, true.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-13275742309562609982011-01-20T08:28:46.936-08:002011-01-20T08:28:46.936-08:00Thanks. I just keep thinking that if *I* feel this...Thanks. I just keep thinking that if *I* feel this bad, his parents grief must be unimaginable. It kept me up all night last night.Suzannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18296776593284879087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6065871416088720675.post-36528135818152251012011-01-20T07:09:10.242-08:002011-01-20T07:09:10.242-08:00What a beautiful, heartbreaking post.What a beautiful, heartbreaking post.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com