Comforting Words and Actions for Parents and by Parents After the Loss of a Child
In this article, I speak from deep within my heart and have inserted personal experiences into this story. At age fifteen, I lost my son, Josh, after a lifetime of battling his congenital lung disease, double lung transplant at age 13, loads of medications, multiple hospital admissions, and so much more. There is not much …
Further Reading (Books on Transplant, Grief, etc.)
I’ve done a lot of reading to help understand the meaning of my experiences with Josh. Some, in fact many, are about reincarnation, some about healing after the loss, much about the spirituality experience that I have grown to accept and celebrate. These have been the most helpful and emotionally supportive while attempting to move …
Ode to Josh
“The “Ode to Josh” blossomed into existence in March 1998. Apparently therapy of my own making, I have written poetry and letters to Josh and my favorite, the “Ode”, may be seen in a later chapter. One dark night I could hear rhyming verses in my head which literally woke me up out of a …