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Comment by linda hernandez on May 20, 2013 at 9:24pm

To us, who have been given the splendor, the blithesome charm, the glory, the glitter, the tenderness and the love of a child who has departed, someday the pain will speak to you of enrichment, of compassion for others, of deeper sensitivity to the world about you, of a deeper joy for having known a deeper pain. 

Your child will not have left you completely, as you thought. But rather you will find your child in that first clear, sweet bird call, in those yellow rosebuds, in giving and in receiving and in the tissue-wrapped memories that you hold forever in your heart.

Comment by Michelle H on May 20, 2013 at 2:18pm

Ann, seems to me that this should be a safe place to vent. We all have and understand bar days.

Comment by Ann Edmondson on May 20, 2013 at 1:53pm

Sorry guys for ranting the way I did. Thank you so much for your support. :) I just had a bad day that day and was feeling sorry for myself. Thanks again. Hugs to all!!

Comment by Grace on May 19, 2013 at 8:19am

yeah,,, the milestones.... We visit them with holidays and events.  My son was 14 but was younger and more dependent because of his Autism.  yet he was older than a Baby.....  He never would have Graduated or Married.... we would have had him for all of "OUR" Lives  At any age...it is just not right to be "Us".....

Ann Memorial Day means different things to different people.   They have not lived our experiences.... Death only seems to happen  to those "Other"people....Like us.   They "Can't even Imagine".... because the brain won't go there for them....  

I know that Memorial Day is to honor the Death of Veterans.... but to many it honors the Death of everyone they knew..... to some it celebrates life with family picnics.....

FOR ME..... It is the time my son Died.... When this nightmare began in 2009..... I was like those "Other People" ... gone to buy the Brats and potatoe salad to go out on the Boat.... (Niles LOVED the Boat and Water)   when I get the call that he was having a siezure.... (Happened before do the same "Drill")  get to the hospital.... Drug Allergies.... nightmare  then helicopter ride...... and now I am a member of this group...  The day that follows my Niles DOD is my Anniversary.... and there is no longer a Marriage to celebrate.....

Sorry Ann... I know how they milestones remind us of what we will never have again...

Comment by Michelle H on May 18, 2013 at 8:37pm

Connie, I'm so sorry you didn't get to experience your son's graduation this year. It would have marked a significant milestone in his growing up. But he certainly accomplished the most significant "graduation" anyone can ever experience, just way sooner than you would have wanted.

Comment by Karen R. on May 18, 2013 at 7:46pm

Ann, hopefully that person will never forget what you said.

Comment by Karen R. on May 18, 2013 at 7:45pm

Sorry Ann :(

Comment by Ammy on May 18, 2013 at 5:23pm

Ann, sorry you had to experience that.  This is what our world is now.

Sending █▄◎╲╱☰─── to all.  ❤ 

Comment by Ann Edmondson on May 18, 2013 at 1:44pm

Bad day -- I just want to scream. I was at our local store earlier when someone commented about the fun and drinking they would be doing this Memorial Weekend coming come. I asked them did they even care what it really stood for. They guy looks at me and says  sure "it's for being off work for 3 days and getting drunk." I stared back in disbelief and shout NO! It stands for the men and women who gave up their lives so you could be free to party when you want! My son was one of them you fool!" I then got in my car with my Gold Star tags and left. I was so mad I forgot to go in the store to buy the groceries I went after to make it worse, no I have to go back there. I pray he got the message!! Now I am going to go cry for a while..........

Sorry - had to rant somewhere! Thank you for listening! Hugs to you new parents out there. Sorry you are part of this group. Would not wish it on even my worst enemy!

Comment by Connie K on May 18, 2013 at 11:45am

I agree Adrienne. Great insight Michele. You both said it perfectly. All the memories flood in , from all ages. I just wish I had the one of him graduating this year like he as going to and enjoying the freedom and responsibility that comes with being an "adult". I miss my baby so much more every day. I want to say "Okay this is enough now. Come home, please." This is something we will never ever get past.

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