Grief
11 Jan 2012 Leave a Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: grief, loss, personal
A dear friend of mine lost her twin boys yesterday. They were stillborn at 6 months, for no apparent reason. I cannot find words to comfort her and I really hope that she finds the strength to cope with this huge loss. I cannot even comprehend how you would even start to come to terms with it and carry on. The silver lining is that she is surrounded by her doting family – parents, husband, sister, nephew and niece at this difficult time.
I have been distraught since I heard the news. I couldn’t function normally, did not sleep much and when I finally drifted off, i woke up with a nightmare. Her loss particularly affected me because our circumstances were so similar and i know this would have been practically been her last chance to have a baby. We are of the same age, have one child, both craving desperately for a second (difference being she went ahead with it) and bound by a lot more things in common. I cannot even begin to comprehend what she must be going through.
Her pregnancy was fraught with issues from the word go and she underwent a huge amount of turmoil and upheavel, both mentally and phsyically, because of it. And for it all to end like this is so distressing. I have so much more to say but am going to stop here. Please keep her and her family in your prayers.
