Choice of words can be a sensitive subject to grieving parents. The death of a child is often referred to as 'losing' a child. The 'D' word is substituted with the 'L" word; a kinder way to describe what has happened. But are our children really lost?
We may shed our earthly bodies but our soul energy continues to grow and thrive. To say we 'lost' our child to illness or accident is not completely accurate. We haven't really lost them. We know where they are. The souls and spirits of our children are very much alive.
Unless we have grown up in a faith or spiritually based setting, recent political correctness has taught us that we are specks of dust in a random, meaningless universe. We are reminded that God and faith have no place in public society. Our society doesn't speak about a relationship with the Divine. Until confronted with our own immeasurable loss, it is easier to give little notice to the meaning of life, our connection to the hereafter, and the changes that continue to evolve in our society.
By examining more than our day to day tweets, status updates and material goals, we can begin to bring our souls out of hiding and delve more deeply. When the invisible is made visible, we are filled with the joy in knowing there is so much more to our existence than is discussed in public arena.
As Forest Gump said, "Life is a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." That box of chocolates can include a heartbreaking irreversible loss. For a parent whose child crosses over to the spiritual realm, the inability to understand this chronological mistake in the cycle of life is common. Why? We can't make sense of it. Even our faith can't answer the 'why' question well enough to make things better.
Healing, psychological, energetic and spiritual can take place over varying lengths of time. I believe our loved ones in heaven/afterlife care very deeply about our suffering and watch our transformation as time progresses. I believe they care about the future of our lives and know our potential perhaps better that we know it ourselves.
In the same way that our children are not lost, we must take care not to become lost ourselves.
-Marsha Abbott
**See the full list of articles covering more on this topic plus....articles on how to cope, spiritual perspectives, connection to our child, God and religion, interviews and perspectives from bereaved parents, how to support a bereaved parent, what not to say, depression, pressure to heal......and much more.
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Visit A New Journey on Facebook. A resource and place of hope for grieving parents. http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-New-Journey/139541632740837
Unless we have grown up in a faith or spiritually based setting, recent political correctness has taught us that we are specks of dust in a random, meaningless universe. We are reminded that God and faith have no place in public society. Our society doesn't speak about a relationship with the Divine. Until confronted with our own immeasurable loss, it is easier to give little notice to the meaning of life, our connection to the hereafter, and the changes that continue to evolve in our society.
By examining more than our day to day tweets, status updates and material goals, we can begin to bring our souls out of hiding and delve more deeply. When the invisible is made visible, we are filled with the joy in knowing there is so much more to our existence than is discussed in public arena.
As Forest Gump said, "Life is a box of chocolates. You never know what you're going to get." That box of chocolates can include a heartbreaking irreversible loss. For a parent whose child crosses over to the spiritual realm, the inability to understand this chronological mistake in the cycle of life is common. Why? We can't make sense of it. Even our faith can't answer the 'why' question well enough to make things better.
Healing, psychological, energetic and spiritual can take place over varying lengths of time. I believe our loved ones in heaven/afterlife care very deeply about our suffering and watch our transformation as time progresses. I believe they care about the future of our lives and know our potential perhaps better that we know it ourselves.
In the same way that our children are not lost, we must take care not to become lost ourselves.
-Marsha Abbott
**See the full list of articles covering more on this topic plus....articles on how to cope, spiritual perspectives, connection to our child, God and religion, interviews and perspectives from bereaved parents, how to support a bereaved parent, what not to say, depression, pressure to heal......and much more.
** The tabs at the top of the page offer additional information and resources.
Visit A New Journey on Facebook. A resource and place of hope for grieving parents. http://www.facebook.com/pages/A-New-Journey/139541632740837
