I have to say I'm really humbled to suddenly see this on the front page. Today was a particularly hard day; I won't go into details but taking care of a permanently disabled invalid involves a lot of ups and downs and some fairly messy manual labor to keep them comfortable and in good shape.
I love you all. Hug your kids if you have em.
EDIT:
The above blog post here was one of three things I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy to try to process my feelings and exorcise my dark thoughts. I have two more which you can find below:
Sorry for your loss. I myself have two sons and almost cried when I read your post.
I just wanted to respectfully disagree that losing a child was that commonplace until approximately yesterday. IMO it's such a common thing that even today millions of people around the world suffer from that [0]. It's equally horrible experience to lose a child to what you describe in your post or to lose a child due to something this: [1]. (One could argue that a child simply dying is slightly better than having them brain dead for the next X years. But... let's leave it aside for now.)
My humble suggestion would be that maybe it would help to focus on preventing other children die. But IDK, I'm not a psychologist.
I love you all. Hug your kids if you have em.
EDIT: The above blog post here was one of three things I wrote in the immediate aftermath of the tragedy to try to process my feelings and exorcise my dark thoughts. I have two more which you can find below:
The Ballad of St. Halvor (a poem): https://www.fortressofdoors.com/st-halvor/
Four Magic Words (short story, somewhat dark): https://www.fortressofdoors.com/four-magic-words/
Sorry for your loss. I myself have two sons and almost cried when I read your post.
I just wanted to respectfully disagree that losing a child was that commonplace until approximately yesterday. IMO it's such a common thing that even today millions of people around the world suffer from that [0]. It's equally horrible experience to lose a child to what you describe in your post or to lose a child due to something this: [1]. (One could argue that a child simply dying is slightly better than having them brain dead for the next X years. But... let's leave it aside for now.)
My humble suggestion would be that maybe it would help to focus on preventing other children die. But IDK, I'm not a psychologist.
Chreers!
[0] https://ourworldindata.org/child-mortality
[1] WARNING: pretty graphical https://w.wiki/8thW