My daughter died at age twenty-five and people keep telling me to be grateful for the years I had with her, but I am not grateful, I am furious that it was not enough.
More people experience this than they realize.
Well-meaning attempts to find silver linings deny the parent's right to experience the full catastrophe of premature loss.
“Where Are You with Grief of a child — the unnatural loss?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.