Thankful
Today I was reminded how thankful I am for my dear family. A good friend of mine lost his daughter alittle over a year ago. I think she was about 3 months. He and his wife still deal with the pain and it sounds like their older daughter who is a little over 4 yrs is starting to realize something is different also. If you get a chance read their journal, it is written with so much tenderness and emotion that it brings you to tears. www.caringbridge.org/visit/livannabacon.
The toughest part is not knowing what to say to them. I wish I was better at words, more poetic, that sort of thing. Everytime I read a new journal entry of theirs I wonder how I can help them, I think about the pain and sadness they are going through. I just wish I could help. It’s getting close to Christmas time and I would love to buy an ornament with an angel or something inscribed with Liv’s name, but I don’t want to hurt them. Do you think that would be okay? Does anyone have an idea? I really want them to know I am thinking about them.
I am so sorry for your friend’s family’s loss. I personally, tho I have lost a husband, cannot even fathom what I would do if I lost one of my children. In this kind of situation sometimes there is nothing anyone can do or say except to let them know you are there.
I think an angel is a wonderful idea, just don’t forget Siri. Sometimes due to the focus of what has happened, the other siblings don’t get the attention. You wouldn’t want her to think you only care about Liv. It’s important that she understands there’s a great value in living. Like her father said in the journal entry I read, children have a way of conceiving their own ideas about things that happen. Unfortunately, alot of time they don’t know how to express themselves and grow up having a completely distorted idea of things.
God Bless you for caring so much. They’re lucky to be able to count you as another one of their obviously many friends.
Thank you for taking the time to read one of Dana’s entries. I found a wonderful website called The Comfort Company. There’s a little bracelet with two charms on it. One is an angel and other other is a heart. “Angel Heart” is etched on the back. The bracelet is adjustable so I thought little Siri could wear it. There is one other bracelet that I love the inscription but not so much the design. It reads “What we have once enjoyed, we can never lose….All that we love deeply becomes a part of us.”
I really like that inscription also. Probably going to use it. If you like the inscription there are a lot of places that can put it on an ornament or just about anything else you like if you still want it for your friend.
I am so sorry for your friend’s family’s loss.
this is sad time for them . i like your idea.