Category Archives: Tear Jerker

Unfathomable

There is nothing harder in the world than having to say good bye to your child.
It is a pain no parent should ever know. Tears that should never be wept.
We enter parenthood in good faith, with dreams of watching our children grow up and become parents themselves. Images of little league games and school pageants, followed [...]

Wishing On Every Star

Today a friend of mine said good bye to her daughter and watched as she grew angel wings and flew away.
Madeline Alice Spohr died. She was 17 months old.
Old wounds are ripped wide open and my heart is shredded with the agony I know Heather and Mike are feeling.
There are no adequate words, no gestures, [...]

Samantha

I was 17 and looking for a little bit of privacy to go squeeze the mountainous pimple that had suddenly erupted on my chin when I met her.
She was 15 and beautiful. She had long flowing blonde hair and eyes that sparkled with wisdom that belied her youthful appearance. She was sitting on the edge [...]