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 ...

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.

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 ...

Missouri acknowledges "Parents' Day of Hope" in an effort to console parents who have suffered the loss of a child. Local parent support groups gathered this year at Busch's Florist and Greenhouse ...

The Melbourne-based Red Nose CEO Keren Ludski, who lost her third child Ben to SIDS in 1998, said many parents needed extra support. "Sadly, in our country around 100,000 families go through ...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — "It's the worst possible thing that can happen to a parent to lose a child," Barbara Wray said. Barbara Wray lost her daughter Kimberly in 1994 to a car accident. Nearly 30 ...