tears

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

We got Felix’s death certificate in the mail yesterday. I expected to cry when it came… but I didn’t. I haven’t decided yet whether that is good or bad. I mean, I had been anticipating it’s arrival any day but I thought that getting it would be another stab in the heart. It looked so much like “paperwork” that maybe that’s why it didn’t get to me. It isn’t “pretty” like a birth certificate.

I wonder if this is the beginning of “moving on.” I haven’t been as down the last few days as I had been. Maybe it’s more of an ebb and flow kind of experience. Some days fine and others hard. I guess we’ll see.

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One Response to “tears”

  1. Larissa Says:

    I’m glad to hear that yesterday went a little more smoothly than you thought it might. I think it’s a testament to your faith, and the Holy Spirit’s amazing ability to comfort us through the hard times. I pray that the good days will keep coming, but the Lord is good to help us through the bad.
    Love ya,
    Riss

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Gabriel Elliott Groce

I am a wife, a mother, a woman of God. I have 3 living children and 2 in Heaven. I am writing of the loss of my youngest sons: Felix David who died April 2, 2008 (no known cause) at 24w 3d and was born still on April 4, 2008 and Gabriel Elliott who was born on October 19, 2009, lived for 32 minutes and died peacefully in his daddy's arms. (Gabe was diagnosed with limb-body wall complex - a rare and fatal birth defect - at 19w 6d and we chose to carry him to term.)

I may be upbeat at times, down or silent at others. I hope that by writing about my experiences I can help people understand my grief and maybe help them through theirs.

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