A beautiful, poignant insight into your grieving process and an important reminder that grief lives on. Thank you for letting us join you momentarily on your journey 🩷
This is so piercingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing so generously.
I turned 37 in June last year so I guess Laura was born in 1986 like me. As I read this I remember the year I turned 14. It was one of the most joy-filled times of my life. There was something so exciting about being alive at the turn of the new millennium. There's something very moving to me, in the idea of being preserved at that age.
A poignant and beautiful mediation by a bereaved mother on her daughter's birthday. For myself, as a woman who has mourned the children she longed for but never met, these lines resonated deeply:
"The bereaved parent has no visible prosthesis to alert onlookers that trauma has occurred, and is being managed. The wound, the hole, the pain from the lack of one’s child, this missing piece invisible to others, becomes integrated within our beings like a bacteria resistant to antibiotics."
Sending love to all who walk around with invisible wounds; which is probably all of us, eventually...
Susan, I am deeply moved by the tenderness and authenticity in your eloquent birthday tribute. As always, you are honoring and cherishing Laura on her birthday. I am sure that Laura continues to feel your love. Your understanding of grief as a bereaved parent is truly profound. Laura was particularly blessed to have miraculously devoted parents. She was a gift to the world and her loving spirit lives on because of you. The photo of Laura with her cousin perfectly captures her joy and sweetness. I miss her, and I am grateful for the opportunity to reflect and learn as I read your moving posts.
Susan dear your reminisce tugs at the heartstrings. Each word resonates, not just because I am a fellow bereaved mother. More because of the deep invisiblised forever-raw ache of a mother's grief, how you live with it, and still sustain your abiding love with meaning & grace.
May Laura's presence always keep your heart warm, and your white t-shirt adorned with her favourite colours of purple, blue, turquoise. Once again happy birthday Laura
And happy birthday to your younger daughter Melissa. It is 16th July here in India as I write this note.
May both your daughters' love dance like a rainbow in the skies.
Happy birthday Laura ❤️ what a beautiful tribute.
A beautiful, poignant insight into your grieving process and an important reminder that grief lives on. Thank you for letting us join you momentarily on your journey 🩷
This is so piercingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing so generously.
I turned 37 in June last year so I guess Laura was born in 1986 like me. As I read this I remember the year I turned 14. It was one of the most joy-filled times of my life. There was something so exciting about being alive at the turn of the new millennium. There's something very moving to me, in the idea of being preserved at that age.
The t-shirt looks beautifully vibrant.
A poignant and beautiful mediation by a bereaved mother on her daughter's birthday. For myself, as a woman who has mourned the children she longed for but never met, these lines resonated deeply:
"The bereaved parent has no visible prosthesis to alert onlookers that trauma has occurred, and is being managed. The wound, the hole, the pain from the lack of one’s child, this missing piece invisible to others, becomes integrated within our beings like a bacteria resistant to antibiotics."
Sending love to all who walk around with invisible wounds; which is probably all of us, eventually...
Susan, I am deeply moved by the tenderness and authenticity in your eloquent birthday tribute. As always, you are honoring and cherishing Laura on her birthday. I am sure that Laura continues to feel your love. Your understanding of grief as a bereaved parent is truly profound. Laura was particularly blessed to have miraculously devoted parents. She was a gift to the world and her loving spirit lives on because of you. The photo of Laura with her cousin perfectly captures her joy and sweetness. I miss her, and I am grateful for the opportunity to reflect and learn as I read your moving posts.
SusAn you wrote fabulously well. This must become a book. Xxx Trudy
Happy Birthday dear Laura
And warm birthday love for proud mom Susan
Susan dear your reminisce tugs at the heartstrings. Each word resonates, not just because I am a fellow bereaved mother. More because of the deep invisiblised forever-raw ache of a mother's grief, how you live with it, and still sustain your abiding love with meaning & grace.
May Laura's presence always keep your heart warm, and your white t-shirt adorned with her favourite colours of purple, blue, turquoise. Once again happy birthday Laura
And happy birthday to your younger daughter Melissa. It is 16th July here in India as I write this note.
May both your daughters' love dance like a rainbow in the skies.