tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post3049251476013610408..comments2023-07-21T06:19:27.125-07:00Comments on Childless by Marriage: Sometimes it might be a blessing to not have kidsSue Fagalde Lickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14740379397806418651noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-33416384554675967142014-12-03T14:19:40.069-08:002014-12-03T14:19:40.069-08:00Oh Anon S, How sad. You described it beautifully. ...Oh Anon S, How sad. You described it beautifully. I know how you feel. The mother of the young man whose funeral I played for that Saturday called yesterday. I honestly didn't know what to say to her. But I hope she knows I feel her pain. In some ways, we are all mothers and sisters.Sue Fagalde Lickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14740379397806418651noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4953607740696523736.post-4501986517219552842014-12-03T13:58:50.591-08:002014-12-03T13:58:50.591-08:00Thought of this post today. A high school student...Thought of this post today. A high school student in our small community died in a terrible accident. Today was the funeral. <br /><br />From my office I could see the mourners. Young kids, instead of jeans and hoodies, wearing their Sunday best. Teenage girls teetering on heels that they probably had worn at the homecoming dance. Handfuls of young men spilling out of a shared ride. Smoothing down ties. Red faced, quiet. <br /><br />I'm not a mother, I didn't even know this kid. And still, today there is a sadness I can't shake. It's been hard to concentrate. The is the way of us humans, we feel even when it's not us. <br /><br />Tomorrow I'll be okay. I'll probably laugh a bunch, go out to lunch and goof around on Facebook. But it will be awhile before the parents of that young man will do the same. This first Christmas, a new year. A graduation party they won't be throwing in the spring. Nothing will ever be the same for them again. <br /><br />I can feel (and have felt) a level of pain when someone close to me dies. But I will likely never experience the pain of losing a child. And for that I'm grateful.<br /><br />Anon SAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com