If you haven’t read my article on Parent Heart Watch, please do. As it says, If I ,or anyone there at my son’s ball game, had known what Parent Heart Watch teaches, I would have my 21 year old son today. Instead, I struggle up a hill to visit his grave, suffering from heart failure and other health issues that are a direct result if his pointless death. Please spread the word-learn CPR,how to use a portable defibrillator,the signs of heart failure…it could be your grandchild or your grandparent that you save, no one is immune to what happened to my son. A VIRUS and too much stress killed a health teen. I had 6 kids and will soon have 6 grand kids and I am an obsessively protective mom-I thought If I was there, I could stop anything. I was wrong and what I have lost is unspeakable. Anything you can do to help someone in heart failure might save a family from this living hell. Thanks again.
November 18, 2012 at 8:05 am
Hugs to you, Beebee. I have been thinking of you often lately. We, too, were obsessively protective of our kids. My husband still feels guilty about not being able to protect Jason…although how he could have stopped a speeding car driven by the drunk driver that broadsided our precious son I don’t know. All we can do is the best we can do…and then try to help others learn from our experiences. Some experiences come at almost too high a cost to bear, don’t they?
November 18, 2012 at 10:59 am
Thank you for the reminders, Beebee. They are heart-wrenching to read, but you write with tenderness and importance. I am sad for you in this circumstance. Please know that my heart flows to yours.
November 18, 2012 at 11:10 pm
Your post hit hard. So, so sorry for the senseless death of your son. Such torment few people can imagine. I lost a child many years ago. It is an amputation of the soul. Thankfully, I found music and songwriting later in my life and it helped to heal me. I write a lot about grief, because it is a topic that many people avoid. Grief wrecks lives and I am trying to make a difference in the world. I like to maintain hope that someday it gets easier. Never forgotten or diminished. I am so sorry for your loss!
November 19, 2012 at 8:34 pm
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November 19, 2012 at 8:35 pm
Sending you a HUG
I am so sorry for your loss
xo
Eunice