Bereaved Parents Newsetter
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Bereaved Parents
by Peggy Sweeney


The death of a child, regardless of their age or the cause of their death, is the most traumatic grief experience. It is very difficult and will take many years for the parents to be able to cope with the overwhelming pain and the sorrow they feel. They must eventually learn to survive in a world without their child. 
A Father's Grief (teen suicide)
by Jim Carpenter


About 3:30 in the afternoon on Friday, September 19, 1975, my 16 year old son, Larry, committed suicide. The first of our three children to get home from school, he had gone into the garage and started the car parked there and laid down on the floor next to the exhaust pipe. In a relatively short time, he succumbed to carbon monoxide poisoning. I found his body. I attempted to give him CPR. But it was too late.
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Alive Alone: Death of an Only Child/All Children
by Kay Bevington


The death of a child from any cause or at any age is the most devastating experience that a parent will ever encounter in one's lifetime. Parents are supposed to die before their children or at least that is what we are conditioned to believe in our society in the United States and many other countries. When our child/children die it affects us emotionally, physically, psychologically, socially and spiritually. A child's death is so inconceivable that our friends, co-workers and family members are at a loss as to how they can assist us on the most difficult journey of our lives.
Alive on Canvas
by Gina Klawitter


Artist Gina Klawitter creates life-like, celebratory keepsake portraits featuring her subjects' personal clothing and belongings. From christening gowns to sports uniforms and play outfits, Gina artfully forms clothing and other items into custom collage paintings. She calls her unique collage art, Alive on Canvas®. 


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