A Grieving Parent Is..

(Originally posted on Wednesday, June 13, 2007)
A grieving parent is someone who will never forget their child no matter how painful memories are.
A grieving parent is someone who yearns to be with their dead but cannot conceive leaving their living ones.
A grieving parent is someone who has part of a heart as the rest is buried with their child.
A grieving parent is someone who begs for relief from the memories which plague them and then feels guilty when they get it.
A grieving parent is someone who pretends to be happy and enjoying life when they really are dying inside.
A grieving parent is someone who can cry or laugh at the drop of a hat whenever they remember their beloved child.
A grieving parent is some who feels as if they just lost their child yesterday no matter how much time has passed.
A grieving parent is someone who fears for their remaining family because they cannot bear to have any more losses.
A grieving parent is someone who sits by their child's gravestone and feels a knife stabbing their heart.
A grieving parent is someone who wants to help others who have lost loved ones because somehow their loss is theirs all over again.
~ Judy Skapnik ~