Monday again! our family met yesterday for the anniversary Mass for our child, Cathal, who was killed in a road accident in 1990, aged 13 years. We visited Cathal’s grave, and put some flowers on it, and then we visited the grave of my wife’s parents. I always find it hard to visit the grave, although I pass the graveyard almost every day. As I said I will deal with the death of a child later in my blog. Indeed I might take extracts from my book, and share with you how we coped as a family. I am very conscious this year that a family a few miles from here lost their child some months ago, and my heart goes out to them when I think of how they must be suffering. I intended to continue writing about the feelings of grief today, but I will continue to do so on Thursday. Jim
Tags: bereavement, death of a child, grief