Parents of lost babies and potential of all kinds: come here to share the technicolour, the vividness, the despair, the heart-broken-open, the compassion we learn for others, having been through this mess — and see it reflected back at you, acknowledged and understood.
Thanks to photographer Xin Li and to artist Stephanie Sicore for their respective illustrations and photos.
It is in recognition of and support for the needs of our grieving children, those who have lost their siblings too soon. Please wear blue tomorrow, and spread the word in your child's school, and among your friends and family. Siblings, who are often the forgotten mourners, especially if they are children and unable to articulate the sadness and emptiness they feel, are often ignored and dismissed by society. It is necessary and important that we make people aware of their loss and their needs, that people this young have been dealt such an unimaginably harsh blow.
Please give your living children, no matter how old they are, a hug from all of us tomorrow. Holding you and your children in my heart,
Tomorrow, November 20, is Children's Grief Awareness Day. You can read about it in http://www.childrensgriefawarenessday.org/cgad2/index.shtml
It is in recognition of and support for the needs of our grieving children, those who have lost their siblings too soon. Please wear blue tomorrow, and spread the word in your child's school, and among your friends and family. Siblings, who are often the forgotten mourners, especially if they are children and unable to articulate the sadness and emptiness they feel, are often ignored and dismissed by society. It is necessary and important that we make people aware of their loss and their needs, that people this young have been dealt such an unimaginably harsh blow.
Please give your living children, no matter how old they are, a hug from all of us tomorrow. Holding you and your children in my heart,
Mrittika