This is so beautiful 🤍 I'm sure Pippa was beautiful and I'm glad you got some time with her 💕
I've lost two babies, both early losses where we didn't know gender and one we weren't even able to see the little babe on an ultrasound screen. We are currently pregnant with our second rainbow baby (our first rainbow baby is a sweet toddler now!) who has a congenital heart defect and will have to undergo surgery shortly after birth (due next month!). It has not been easy on this journey to parenthood and yet I am thankful for each of my four children even if right now you can only see one outside the womb and one inside the womb. It is a painful thing to have a child die before a parent because it feels so backwards 💔
Thank you for taking the time to read this and comment. I am so sorry that you lost two children. I hope and pray that this soon to be born child receives excellent care and has a long, healthy life. Peace to you.
Our son committed suicide last year after decades of mental health struggles. Losing a child is a special sort of anguish. We have hopes and dreams and prayers for our children's lives, and when those dreams are crushed by death, we feel like nothing will ever be right again. But through God's grace and mercy, healing does come, little by little, month by month. When people ask me how many children I have, I include my son because he will always be present in my heart. May God comfort you all as you grieve and help you rediscover the peace of God's presence.
Opening up and sharing about the hard and lonely places in life takes great courage. Thank you for your words. I'm sure it was part of your own processing journey, but it also importantly reminds others in the thick of their own hard - lonely place that, though the details may be different, many of us have been in our own unique circumstances. Alone in the details of our experience, but not left alone in the human experience of deep grief.
This is so beautiful and so heartbreaking. I especially love your observations on the question of identity and how it is defined. Pippa was your granddaughter, and you are a grandmother. Sending love to you and your family on this anniversary and beyond.
Dorothy, Mom, Wife, Friend and Grandmother. Your emotions and grief are communicated so beautifully and lovingly with your words. I do feel your pain and grief which I can only hold with heartfelt sorrow. May the Lord continue to fill you with His spirit of comfort and love, as well as gentle words. You are a blessing to many of us who lack words to communicate grief, sorrow and pain. Thank you for sharing and being a true Shepherd.
I thought I was going to say something but having read the thoughtful and sensitive comments already here, I find myself saying 'what they said'... thank you for allowing us the privilege of seeing and feeling your heart. And for entrusting us with it. Grace to you and yours.
This is achingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing Pippa's life with us. Love is never wasted, and it always blesses the loved one and the ones who love. I'm grieving the loss of my husband, who died ten months ago and have read that grief is the price of love. The Lord be with you as you continue to grieve Pippa.
Thank you Dorothy for honoring Pippa's devastatingly brief and also deeply impactful life on earth with this raw, honest, and poignant post. Thank you for letting us be with you in all that this experience has been and continues to be. What a blessed one Pippa is to have been so deeply loved and cared for and now remembered and forever treasured by her adoring grandma through this beautiful post. Grieving with you and remembering and enjoying her precious life anew and even more through this post. What a beautiful picture captured. Love you Dorothy and though I didn't get to meet you in person Pippa, I'm deeply moved by your precious life and extend my deepest affection towards you.
Thank you, Dorothy, for your vulnerability and sharing your story of grief. Such a heavy topic and yet you shine light even in the moments of pain of your brief time with Pippa. Wow...words don't seem to provide comfort, but I see your pain and I hear your pain and I grieve with you, too. Thank you for putting words to paper and letting us learn how to move through/struggle with the hardness that is part of life. Prayers and peace to you.
Thank you for sharing this. I too struggled with the death of my granddaughter Demi. The Cincinnati Children’s Hosp did an amazing job but God took her home after 5 days! It’s hard to understand Gods plan. Your words were an encouragement
Thank you for allowing us to enter the sacred space of your grief. Peace.
Thank you for reading this and for your support this year.
This is so beautiful 🤍 I'm sure Pippa was beautiful and I'm glad you got some time with her 💕
I've lost two babies, both early losses where we didn't know gender and one we weren't even able to see the little babe on an ultrasound screen. We are currently pregnant with our second rainbow baby (our first rainbow baby is a sweet toddler now!) who has a congenital heart defect and will have to undergo surgery shortly after birth (due next month!). It has not been easy on this journey to parenthood and yet I am thankful for each of my four children even if right now you can only see one outside the womb and one inside the womb. It is a painful thing to have a child die before a parent because it feels so backwards 💔
Thank you for taking the time to read this and comment. I am so sorry that you lost two children. I hope and pray that this soon to be born child receives excellent care and has a long, healthy life. Peace to you.
Our son committed suicide last year after decades of mental health struggles. Losing a child is a special sort of anguish. We have hopes and dreams and prayers for our children's lives, and when those dreams are crushed by death, we feel like nothing will ever be right again. But through God's grace and mercy, healing does come, little by little, month by month. When people ask me how many children I have, I include my son because he will always be present in my heart. May God comfort you all as you grieve and help you rediscover the peace of God's presence.
Charlie, I am so sorry to hear of this loss. Devastating is the only word that comes to mind. Thanks for taking the time to share this.
My heart weeps, Dorothy~
So very sorry for your loss. May you and your family be blessed in surprising and uncommon ways in the days ahead.
Thank you Ruth.
"Grieving is hard and lonely work."
Opening up and sharing about the hard and lonely places in life takes great courage. Thank you for your words. I'm sure it was part of your own processing journey, but it also importantly reminds others in the thick of their own hard - lonely place that, though the details may be different, many of us have been in our own unique circumstances. Alone in the details of our experience, but not left alone in the human experience of deep grief.
Thank you Jonathan. I know you get this.
This is so beautiful and so heartbreaking. I especially love your observations on the question of identity and how it is defined. Pippa was your granddaughter, and you are a grandmother. Sending love to you and your family on this anniversary and beyond.
Thank you Lindsay.
Dorothy, Mom, Wife, Friend and Grandmother. Your emotions and grief are communicated so beautifully and lovingly with your words. I do feel your pain and grief which I can only hold with heartfelt sorrow. May the Lord continue to fill you with His spirit of comfort and love, as well as gentle words. You are a blessing to many of us who lack words to communicate grief, sorrow and pain. Thank you for sharing and being a true Shepherd.
You are welcome. Thanks for sharing in my grief.
I thought I was going to say something but having read the thoughtful and sensitive comments already here, I find myself saying 'what they said'... thank you for allowing us the privilege of seeing and feeling your heart. And for entrusting us with it. Grace to you and yours.
This is achingly beautiful. Thank you for sharing Pippa's life with us. Love is never wasted, and it always blesses the loved one and the ones who love. I'm grieving the loss of my husband, who died ten months ago and have read that grief is the price of love. The Lord be with you as you continue to grieve Pippa.
Thank you Juile. And I'm so sorry for your loss.
Thank you Dorothy for honoring Pippa's devastatingly brief and also deeply impactful life on earth with this raw, honest, and poignant post. Thank you for letting us be with you in all that this experience has been and continues to be. What a blessed one Pippa is to have been so deeply loved and cared for and now remembered and forever treasured by her adoring grandma through this beautiful post. Grieving with you and remembering and enjoying her precious life anew and even more through this post. What a beautiful picture captured. Love you Dorothy and though I didn't get to meet you in person Pippa, I'm deeply moved by your precious life and extend my deepest affection towards you.
Thank you Sophia and for the love and kindness you extended to us this year.
Thank you, Dorothy, for your vulnerability and sharing your story of grief. Such a heavy topic and yet you shine light even in the moments of pain of your brief time with Pippa. Wow...words don't seem to provide comfort, but I see your pain and I hear your pain and I grieve with you, too. Thank you for putting words to paper and letting us learn how to move through/struggle with the hardness that is part of life. Prayers and peace to you.
Thank you Karen.
So sorry for your loss as a family.
Thank you Tohru.
Thank you Dorothy for sharing such deep things with us. Thank you so much.
Thank you for your support this year.
Thank you for sharing this. I too struggled with the death of my granddaughter Demi. The Cincinnati Children’s Hosp did an amazing job but God took her home after 5 days! It’s hard to understand Gods plan. Your words were an encouragement
I'm so sorry that you also went through this. Much grace and comfort to you.
Dorothy, my friend just went through this exact scenario six months ago and I want to share this with her. 😢 So sorry for this incomprehensible loss.
Thank you for understanding and extending empathy.
Holding space for your immense loss. Thank you for sharing this sacred moment.
Thanks so much.