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My wife still cries each morning, - especially today. A new day without her child. No phone calls. No miracle promissing a new day of life. No promise of the child's return.
Whether it's war, or accident, - the emptiness is the same. The absence is still there. The hole in your heart is still real. Mother's Day will always be an empty hole to a mom who has lost her child.
Mother's day is every day after a child has been lost. They are days of total grief. The days of pride when your child was alive - are gone. Their dreams of the future are forever lost. The pride of parential ownership is extinguished, - you no longer belong to the society who claims a roll in parenthood. You must move on. You must find a new reason for living.
I am invious of those who have never lost a child. I am apologetic that I never knew what it was like to lose a son or daughter. We expect to lose parents and ancestors, it's the natural thing to do. Not so with children.
Be generous and understanding with those who have lost a child. Their world is gone and they may never recover. There will never be another Mother's Day for them.
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