• Child Loss,  Sibling Loss

    Child Loss: Facing Thanksgiving Without My Child

    I had to get a few things from Walmart earlier today, and the store was filled with displays for Thanksgiving and Christmas already.  In fact, any store you go into has the same advertising going on.  I was pushing the cart along the doll aisle looking for a birthday gift for one of my granddaughters, when all of a sudden it hit me.  Grief.  Full blown grief!  I dug deep into my handbag to find a tissue to wipe the tears that were dripping down my face.  “Where did this come from?”  I asked myself.  I wasn’t expecting these emotions to come knocking on the door of my heart — not…