Loss of a child.

The pain of losing a loved one tends to linger on, surging and receding in cycles, as we try to move on. Particularly acute is the loss of a child. This poem, its short lines and incoherence are the reality in my mind when remember my son Michael the Hardbody. We enjoyed him for nine months as he struggled to live, to be with us. Some people do anything to forget; not me. I remember him everyday, and I love him still. His passing on hurts me everyday, as it should: but the memories of his struggle make me strong, make me value life and experience its richness.

The loss of a child is the most painful one of all. I hope that this brings a small sense of peace to those parents who have endured the unimaginable.

I lost my first child at birth in October of 1982. A baby boy. It was a very hard experience for me. 14 months later I was blessed with another son.A beautiful healthy baby.Although I came close to losing him a few months into my pregnancy. In 1985 I was blessed again with a beautiful healthy daughter.I feel truly blessed to have the children that I have, but still I always think of the one I lost and know that he holds a piece of my heart.

I wrote this poem to him one Mother’s Day, several years ago.

Amy is gone. Her father is frantically searching for her with the help of neighbors and friends. He tells them to look in one direction while he travels in another. Along Alaquamish Creek, a summer’s day becomes cool and foggy and Amy’s father finds a stranger wading through the same fog, along the same creek.

The Eldridges have had a horrible thing happen to their only daughter. They are convinced that they will never know the details. However, on a day’s outing they encounter a freakish storm. When it clears they find themselves of a road that is on no map and arrive at a destination that provides answers about their loss.

The loss of a child or young person.

This poem is about a loss of a child.

Its about the tragedy of loosing a child to Sudden Infant death Syndrome.

For a woman who lost her youngest son to an unknown illness. Nathan was a fine boy on his way to becoming a wonderful man, but the most important thing to him was his relationship with Jesus.