Losing A Child Quotes

I think losing a child is unimaginable. It’s every person’s worst nightmare. It’s unimaginably difficult. It shakes your faith in the world. It tests your optimism.

There’s nothing that symbolizes loss or grief more than a mother losing a child.

I can’t imagine a pain more all-encompassing than losing a child.

A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. That’s how awful the loss is.

If you know someone who has lost a child, and you’re afraid to mention them because you think you might make them sad by reminding them that they died-you’re not reminding them. They didn’t forget they died. What you’re reminding them of is that you remembered that they lived, and that is a great gift.

To be perfectly frank, there is an odd place after losing a child, where you think somehow your life is worth less.

I have never understood why it is called losing a child. No parent is that careless. We all know exactly where our sons and daughters are; we just don’t necessarily want them to be there

I don’t think you could get anything worse than losing a child. I think if my child died, I would prefer it if I were dead.