I lost my only child five years ago and my friends have stopped mentioning her name, like she never existed, and I do not know how to tell them that silence hurts more than tears.
More people experience this than they realize.
The community's discomfort with death creates a conspiracy of silence that erases the child's ongoing significance.
“Where Are You with Grief of a child — the unnatural loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.