This small gesture tells the grieving person that their loss matters, that their child’s life -- however brief -- was significant, and that they are not alone in their grief. Pregnancy loss is ...

I’ve always found it strange that there’s no word for a parent who loses a child. Why do widows ... because each of us experiences our loss in our own particular way. Some of us have an ...

What I say now is, “I have one surviving child, a daughter who lives in Seattle.” Sometimes I say more, sometimes not. – Another Mom of Three DEAR MOM: I’m sorry for the loss of Alan and ...

Parents who’ve lost a child will tell you there are no words to adequately capture the pain and horror of this type of death and grief process. Although well-meaning people may try to support ...

The study involved 248 parents (80 per cent of them mothers). All had lost a child in the last 10 years. Almost half of the children had died of cancer and the average age at the time of death was 11.