When Hugh and DeeDee released their only child to heaven they struggled with what to call themselves in the aftermath There is no specific word in the English language to describe a parent who has lost a child A wife without her husband is a widow A husband without his wife is a widower A child bereft of parents is an orphan A parent whose child has died before they have is an undefined hollow of hurt Miscarriage Sudden infant death Suicide Illness Accident Death steals a child from this world and then robs the surviving parents of an expressed
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