Where is the Hope: Words to Bereaved Parents.
A few weeks ago, just before Christmas, we received news that a relative of my husband and his wife had lost there four day old daughter due to a birth defect. It was of course heartbreaking for my husband and I to hear of another couple who had to say goodbye to their child so soon after hello. For us it brought up a flood of emotions and memories that are always just below the surface. Another family member suggested we reach out to this couple because we share a similar experience. Since then I have been trying to think of a way to help them feel better along their journey but I am struggling It is not that I do not want to reach out to them, I often wish I had someone who had some understanding of what we were experiencing back when we lost Azure. My struggle comes with what to say to help them. I wish I could tell them that the empty feeling deep inside will eventually go away but that would be a lie. There are days when, even after having my three boys, that the hole in m