tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post8692523320008464797..comments2024-03-29T01:56:37.975-04:00Comments on Child in Mind: A necessary mourningClaudia M. Gold, MDhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13081419560269676730noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8184208181444239184.post-10942355409810867842012-07-09T14:14:51.879-04:002012-07-09T14:14:51.879-04:00Wonderful. Although I dispute the notion of "...Wonderful. Although I dispute the notion of "process" when it comes to grief. There is no process. There is just the stark reality of loss which somehow, unbearably, must be borne. There is no healing. The loss of a child is the dolorous stroke, the wound which will not heal. Like an amputation, the site of the wound can heal, but the limb will always be gone. This is not a depressed or morbid viewpoint. This is simply what it is to slam up against reality. "Feel the wall. Is it not hard." Beowulf says in John Gardner's 'Grendel'. <br /><br />And the reason it is important to tell these stories, ALL these stories is simply because they are true. What other, what better reason can there be? How else shall we live?Tesselationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02825302490687959595noreply@blogger.com