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How do you comprehend/rationalize the death of a child?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:59 pm
Posted on 7/7/15 at 9:59 pm
I have a family member who lost their 9 year old nephew today to bone cancer. I don't know his parents but, having a 2 year old and new born, my heart just breaks for them. It makes me sick to my stomach to think about this type of pain, knowing that they would have given anything to switch places with him.
Hopefully this doesn't get whacked but this is the type of thing that just pushes my faith further and further out of reach. There are times I look at my boys and feel sure there's a higher power but damn if this just doesn't make me think the opposite.
Just seeing some of the pictures of this sweet boy in the hospital breaks my heart.
Hopefully this doesn't get whacked but this is the type of thing that just pushes my faith further and further out of reach. There are times I look at my boys and feel sure there's a higher power but damn if this just doesn't make me think the opposite.
Just seeing some of the pictures of this sweet boy in the hospital breaks my heart.
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Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:00 pm to LETSGEAUX2
As a parent, i have no answer for you.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:00 pm to LETSGEAUX2
I have no clue and pray i never find out. I have an 11 mo. old son and they'd have to put me in the looney bin if something happened to him.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:02 pm to LETSGEAUX2
I know what you mean, man...that is just fricking terrible...
I speak from experience when I tell you that his parents will recover very slowly over time, but they will wind up as different people...they will never be the same...
there is no explaining or rationalizing something like that...in order to get through it, you just have to accept that it just happened and that is all there is to it...
I speak from experience when I tell you that his parents will recover very slowly over time, but they will wind up as different people...they will never be the same...
there is no explaining or rationalizing something like that...in order to get through it, you just have to accept that it just happened and that is all there is to it...
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:03 pm to LETSGEAUX2
People die. Kids aren't special.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:03 pm to LETSGEAUX2
you cant. thats the worst thing on earth
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:03 pm to LETSGEAUX2
You don't comprehend or rationalize it you either accept it grieve and try and move ahead or you don't. Faith can make it easier, believing there is a reason although you don't understand what the reason is helps. Jmo
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:04 pm to LETSGEAUX2
There is no way to comprehend or rationalize the death of a child. My brother and his wife lost their eldest child at the age of 23 in a small plane crash in 2002. I miss my nephew terribly, but my loss is no where near theirs.
I do not know what I would do if I lost my son.
They say time and Faith helps, but I believe that they are scarred for life.
I do not know what I would do if I lost my son.
They say time and Faith helps, but I believe that they are scarred for life.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:04 pm to LETSGEAUX2
I know someone who lost two children to suicide within the space of one year. How do you get through that? I don't know.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:04 pm to LETSGEAUX2
Not a parent, but I'm pretty sure there is no answer.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:04 pm to Brosef Stalin
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People die. Kids aren't special.
You're trying too hard
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:05 pm to LETSGEAUX2
Actuarily, shite always happens. The question is not how many, but to whom?
And if you're lucky, it's not you or yours.
Prayers sent.
And if you're lucky, it's not you or yours.
Prayers sent.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:05 pm to Spankum
I'm with you. I try to have faith but I know, if this happened to one of my kids, it would go out the window. So, what kinda faith is that?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:05 pm to onelochevy
I have a 15 month old daughter and if the question was ever asked to me " either her life or yours" it would be a no brainier. My aunt lost her son at 3years old and 20 years later she is still not over it or the same person she was before.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:05 pm to LETSGEAUX2
quote:You can't, so don't try.
How do you comprehend/rationalize the death of a child?
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:05 pm to windshieldman
It's reality. Sure it sucks for the family, but you don't have to be 80+ years old to die. The rest of the world will continue as normal.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:06 pm to MotorBoater
That's every parent. I think that's what would make it all the more maddening.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:07 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:As cold as this is, it is the nature of the beast and if this is something you see often, that is the only way to rationalize it.
It's reality. Sure it sucks for the family, but you don't have to be 80+ years old to die. The rest of the world will continue as normal.
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:08 pm to Brosef Stalin
This isn't about the rest of the world. It's about the parents' world. I hope you never become a parent... And if you are, kys
Posted on 7/7/15 at 10:08 pm to Brosef Stalin
quote:
It's reality. Sure it sucks for the family, but you don't have to be 80+ years old to die. The rest of the world will continue as normal
I understand, I was assuming he is talking about what the parent felt losing a child, not what the rest of the world felt like, if say, I lost my child.
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