Losing a child
There is never an appropriate age to lose a child. In either yours or their life. All the losses I have encountered have been heart wrenching, to say the least. Unexpected losses are worse. Although in my experience, no amount of time prior to an expected death will ever prepare you for the death of a child, whether they are terminally ill or failing to thrive. You can never be prepared in your heart, maybe possibly in your head, where mentally you have rationalized the ine