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#CaptureYourGrief – Day #6

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This has been a subject I have touched on in years before.  One of the most comforting books for me was a book I received in a care package.  SIDS & Infant Death Survival Guide was helpful for me to see others perspectives.  It helped me to see how my children and my husband might be feeling.

The most helpful was the chapter on When a Baby Dies at the Child-Care Provider’s. It helped me to see how my daycare provider might be feeling.  It helped me to connect with her and ask her questions. It helped me to include her in our family and our grief. She was so much a part of our family before the loss of Clara and I knew I wanted her to be a part of it after.  SIDS could have happened anywhere and to anyone caring for our baby girl and unfortunately it happened in the care of someone we loved.

I always recommend this book to SIDS loss families and sometimes even to others.  Many will read this book and yet each will be touched in their own unique way.

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The CarlyMarie Project – Day 6

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“They’ll say you’ve changed only because you’ve stopped living life their way.”

Finding me was the key to finding joy again.  Some of my most helpful readings came for these four books.  The SIDS and Infant death book helped me find peace in knowing that I wasn’t alone in my suffering.  As others shared their stories I realized I could too.  The book gave me insight on how my daycare might be feeling and that SIDS is not preventable.  It helped me to explain the loss to the older boys and what to expect as Chris grieved too.

Shortly after Clara passed I was asked to join a women’s bible study.  The reflection during that time helped me refocus and helped heal my heart a bit.  It also helped me, and continues to help me, deal with my next little guys health concerns.  My favorite verse comes from 2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.”

 To that I try my best to reach out and share with others what helps me and while I do that I find comfort in the those I connect with.

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