Grief and the Loss of a Child: We Live To Love

Adversity is something all of us experience in our lives. We can all relate to those tough times. When a child dies, the pain and devastation of loss can feel desolating. And as we go through the cycles of grief, denial can shield us against the full impact of the loss. To anyone who has ever experienced the loss of a child, my heart goes out to you. Losing a child is the most devastating event a human being can go through.

A mother bereaved over the loss of her son asked for my council recently. I felt her heartache. I, too, lost a stepdaughter to a drug overdose. Having gone through painstaking years of grief, I knew I had to face the question that had been haunting me. How do we ever recover from such a tragic loss?

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