A Mother's Pain

 For all the mommies who have lost their babies at any stage of life. I am so sorry for your losses. Things are not supposed to go this way - babies are supposed to grieve their parents, not the other way around. I don't think there's anything to take away your pain - not time or words - nothing. It is something you will carry with you the rest of your lives. I know there are many more of my friends who have experienced this injustice; I didn't forget you - I just didn't know. My heart aches for you all. I send love and healing thoughts with the hope that it may ease even one second or your grieving. ❤ 

BEING A MOTHER WHO HAS LOST A CHILD

There’s an order that life is supposed to follow.

An order of breaths we are supposed to take,

as if we are passing a torch from one generation to the next.

And our torch is supposed to go out before our child’s flame is extinguished.

We are supposed to watch them take their first breath.

But not their last.

We are supposed to hear the thud-thud of their heart when it starts beating.

But never the silence when it stops.

That heart that we once carried inside of us. That breath that we gave them. That life that we kept safe, protected.

So when the order of life is disrupted,

when their torch goes out before yours,

it is as if you too have been robbed of your breath

and as if your heart has stopped beating as well.

There is nothing that can make it less painful.

You would happily blow out your flame if it meant theirs could burn.

But you can’t. Even though that’s how it should be.

So all you can do is carry them inside you -

like you did once before.

Except now they have to stay in your heart forever.

And though it hurts,

just know that they are safe there.

They are protected.

Because a mother’s love is unending.

Because it burns forever with every breath you take and

with every beat your heart makes.

Because a mother’s love

is a flame that can

never

be extinguished.

💕 Beautifully written by Becky Hemsley 💕