Hello Ann,
Thank you so much for Deborah's picture and for the heart rendering description which I will place next to her pictures.
Thank you so much for offering to send me your book for the exhibition. I am sure that your words will bring solace and connection with so many. I look forward to reading your poems.
Excerpt from my book:
Deborah was doing well in the crèche with Andrea. One day she came up to the ward to give Andrew a picture she had made. She had drawn her family photo. When I saw it, I cried. She drew Andrew as a baby floating above us. She had glued onto him a blue Chinese conical hat. The rest of us were standing firmly on the ground. She told me that she stuck the hat on because Andrew was a Chinese boy and he was up in the skies because he was an angel. To her, it was a good picture. She had in her own way accepted that Andrew was going to die and he was going to be an angel. We pinned the picture above Andrew’s cot, and she proudly told everyone that her baby brother was going to be an angel.
Excerpt from my book:
Deborah was doing well in the crèche with Andrea. One day she came up to the ward to give Andrew a picture she had made. She had drawn her family photo. When I saw it, I cried. She drew Andrew as a baby floating above us. She had glued onto him a blue Chinese conical hat. The rest of us were standing firmly on the ground. She told me that she stuck the hat on because Andrew was a Chinese boy and he was up in the skies because he was an angel. To her, it was a good picture. She had in her own way accepted that Andrew was going to die and he was going to be an angel. We pinned the picture above Andrew’s cot, and she proudly told everyone that her baby brother was going to be an angel.
Judy
https://www.facebook.com/DiaryOfABereavedMotherGoodbyeMyBaby. Am really excited, an exhibition in UK will be reading poems from my book.
4 comments:
What a touching piece of writing. I cannot imagine anything harder for a parent or parents to lose a child. We are so engrained to expect our children to outlive us...well, that is not the case. Little Andrew and his angel picture. How dear. Thank you so much for sharing it, Ann. Hugs, Genie
I agree with Genie, I think that's the hardest part that a parent has to endure. I have seen that happen to my Mom when my brother died so suddenly.
Hopping by from MYM.
Here's my Mellow Yellow entry.
What a lovely post Ann.
YACB
I wanted to stop by and and say hi. I've been remiss with my blog hopping - gathering up all my fine junk for a garage sale! I'm glad I didn't miss your post - always so thoughtful!
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