Comments on: Living with Dying http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/ Mormon women blogging about the peculiar and the treasured Wed, 23 May 2012 16:56:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Blog Segullah : “…All These Things Give Thee Experience and Shall Be for Thy Good.” — Doctrine and Covenants 122:7 http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-111014 Blog Segullah : “…All These Things Give Thee Experience and Shall Be for Thy Good.” — Doctrine and Covenants 122:7 Wed, 22 Oct 2008 16:55:20 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-111014 [...] have blogged about my experiences with my disabled son, E; I often have people tell me how much they admire my [...] [...] have blogged about my experiences with my disabled son, E; I often have people tell me how much they admire my [...]

]]> By: Blog Segullah : Living with Dying, Part II http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-92362 Blog Segullah : Living with Dying, Part II Fri, 01 Aug 2008 14:14:57 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-92362 [...] other medical problems.  He’s very susceptible to respiratory infections.  I wrote about him in “Living with Dying” for Segullah several months ago.  For the past couple of years, he has been relatively healthy – [...] [...] other medical problems.  He’s very susceptible to respiratory infections.  I wrote about him in “Living with Dying” for Segullah several months ago.  For the past couple of years, he has been relatively healthy – [...]

]]> By: Andrea http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-31796 Andrea Sun, 09 Dec 2007 03:40:28 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-31796 Jennifer, Thank you for your comments, and please accept my deepest sympathies. Although I think about it often, I don't think I'll ever be fully prepared for losing my son. I can't imagine what you have gone through, and I am so glad to share with you. Jennifer,
Thank you for your comments, and please accept my deepest sympathies. Although I think about it often, I don’t think I’ll ever be fully prepared for losing my son. I can’t imagine what you have gone through, and I am so glad to share with you.

]]> By: Jennifer http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-31457 Jennifer Fri, 07 Dec 2007 19:17:45 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-31457 Your story has touched my heart. Three years ago I lost my sweet 9 month old daughter very suddenly and unexpectedely. I know many parents lose children, but the pain is so different for each due to circumstances, yet the same. Thank you for sharing yours. A similarity we share is that I too would sing "You Are My Sunhsine" to my sweet baby, probably every day. So when I read that part in your story waves of memories and emotions flooded my soul. I recall when I would sing the ending . . . "please don't take my sunshine away" . . . I would cry almost every time just at the thought of ever losing her. Little did I know. But how blessed we are as mothers of these choice spirits, and how blessed we are to have such a loving Father in Heaven and Savior who have provided a way for us to be together forever! To have the strength to do what you must do every single day, and what it must put your tender heart through, your spirit must be as choice as your sweet son's! May your family be blessed with peace and comfort and continued strength. You are truly inspiring to others. Your story has touched my heart. Three years ago I lost my sweet 9 month old daughter very suddenly and unexpectedely. I know many parents lose children, but the pain is so different for each due to circumstances, yet the same. Thank you for sharing yours. A similarity we share is that I too would sing “You Are My Sunhsine” to my sweet baby, probably every day. So when I read that part in your story waves of memories and emotions flooded my soul. I recall when I would sing the ending . . . “please don’t take my sunshine away” . . . I would cry almost every time just at the thought of ever losing her. Little did I know. But how blessed we are as mothers of these choice spirits, and how blessed we are to have such a loving Father in Heaven and Savior who have provided a way for us to be together forever! To have the strength to do what you must do every single day, and what it must put your tender heart through, your spirit must be as choice as your sweet son’s! May your family be blessed with peace and comfort and continued strength. You are truly inspiring to others.

]]> By: Rebecca http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-27346 Rebecca Wed, 21 Nov 2007 23:47:33 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-27346 I cannot pretend to understand the acceptance you have made to the differences in the life of your child, yet as a mother of a child who shares in some of those difficulties, I can relate to the feeling of knowing the limitations and differences. Wonderful, yet difficult words. I just joined the weepy crowd. I cannot pretend to understand the acceptance you have made to the differences in the life of your child, yet as a mother of a child who shares in some of those difficulties, I can relate to the feeling of knowing the limitations and differences.

Wonderful, yet difficult words. I just joined the weepy crowd.

]]> By: Kathryn Soper http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-26906 Kathryn Soper Tue, 20 Nov 2007 15:06:01 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-26906 ha! Actually, it does help. Because the thing that makes weepiness sweet is knowing it's a shared experience. Every time I have a mother-cry it's just one little part of a great whole. ha! Actually, it does help. Because the thing that makes weepiness sweet is knowing it’s a shared experience. Every time I have a mother-cry it’s just one little part of a great whole.

]]> By: Andrea http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-26853 Andrea Tue, 20 Nov 2007 11:38:33 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-26853 Kathy, So sorry to make you weepy -- does it help if it does the same for me? Kathy,
So sorry to make you weepy — does it help if it does the same for me?

]]> By: Kathryn Soper http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-26734 Kathryn Soper Tue, 20 Nov 2007 02:39:53 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-26734 Andrea, thank you for this gift of honesty and expression. Darn you, though, for making me weepy. The first time and the second time I read it. Andrea, thank you for this gift of honesty and expression.

Darn you, though, for making me weepy. The first time and the second time I read it.

]]> By: Justine http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-26631 Justine Mon, 19 Nov 2007 19:51:23 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-26631 What lovely words. Thank you for sharing them with all of us! I'm sure the challenges you face have brought you new strengths you didn't know you had, new peace, new reasons to turn to the Savior. I hope I can rise to my own challenges as gracefully as you have shared with us. What lovely words. Thank you for sharing them with all of us! I’m sure the challenges you face have brought you new strengths you didn’t know you had, new peace, new reasons to turn to the Savior. I hope I can rise to my own challenges as gracefully as you have shared with us.

]]> By: Tiffany http://segullah.org/daily-special/living-with-dying/#comment-26495 Tiffany Mon, 19 Nov 2007 07:31:57 +0000 http://segullah.org/guest-post/living-with-dying/#comment-26495 Andrea, I don't think it is terrible for you to wish for the pain and suffering of your child to end. I hope you understand what I am going to say here. On a recent Reba McEntire cd, there is a song where an old man has to put his wife in a nursing home because he can't care for her. His anquish as he watches her pain and suffering and the loss of her personality is really poignant. No one wishes to see loved ones suffer. While we cling to life, death can be a tremendous blessing, a release for all concerned. Andrea, I don’t think it is terrible for you to wish for the pain and suffering of your child to end.
I hope you understand what I am going to say here. On a recent Reba McEntire cd, there is a song where an old man has to put his wife in a nursing home because he can’t care for her. His anquish as he watches her pain and suffering and the loss of her personality is really poignant.
No one wishes to see loved ones suffer. While we cling to life, death can be a tremendous blessing, a release for all concerned.

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