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brie k
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 Posted: 06/20/06 - 22:54 Post subject: So we attended the funeral of 4yo Collin today...
and it was as brutal as you can probably imagine. I didn't know Teresa except for in passing, and only saw Collin a time or two, but the whole thing broke my heart into a million pieces. Watching his grandmother at his coffin, watching his mother and 2-yo brother at his coffin. It was just almost too much. Thinking about how Teresa's life has been so dreadfully altered. Knowing how much I love my kids now, and how much I loved them when they were Collin's age... how this awful thing can happen to any of us on a moment's notice. I'd like to think that Kramer isn't a psycho, but let me tell you, I hate the idea of my kids going away to Charlotte for any length of time this summer or any other time because the simple and hard truth is just this: you never really understand what people are capable of; you cannot read someone's heart or mind.
At any rate, I held my kids a little tighter today, told them a few more times than usual that I love them, and have spent much of the day praying/hoping/wishing that Teresa and her son Monte find a way to get through this tragedy. I'm so glad that Monte is so young, but in my heart of hearts, I know this is something from which Teresa will never really recover. No parent should ever have to bury their child, nevermind their 4 -yo child. Such sadness.
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 05:19 Post subject:
That is unbelievably tough on anyone. 
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 07:28 Post subject: Re: So we attended the funeral of 4yo Collin today...
| brie k wrote: | and it was as brutal as you can probably imagine. I didn't know Teresa except for in passing, and only saw Collin a time or two, but the whole thing broke my heart into a million pieces. Watching his grandmother at his coffin, watching his mother and 2-yo brother at his coffin. It was just almost too much. Thinking about how Teresa's life has been so dreadfully altered. Knowing how much I love my kids now, and how much I loved them when they were Collin's age... how this awful thing can happen to any of us on a moment's notice. I'd like to think that Kramer isn't a psycho, but let me tell you, I hate the idea of my kids going away to Charlotte for any length of time this summer or any other time because the simple and hard truth is just this: you never really understand what people are capable of; you cannot read someone's heart or mind.
At any rate, I held my kids a little tighter today, told them a few more times than usual that I love them, and have spent much of the day praying/hoping/wishing that Teresa and her son Monte find a way to get through this tragedy. I'm so glad that Monte is so young, but in my heart of hearts, I know this is something from which Teresa will never really recover. No parent should ever have to bury their child, nevermind their 4 -yo child. Such sadness. |
The one thing in life that scares the living hell out of me is facing that scenario. Mom and son will get thru it somehow but it will be unbelievably tough.
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 07:39 Post subject:
I don't know what I'd've done. Some people can recover from that sort of thing. Others can never get over it. And I'm sure there are others in between, who resume their lives withe a big emptiness they can't fill with anyone or anything.
Our prayers, love, and comfort go out to Teresa and her family.
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 07:41 Post subject:
so sad. it makes my heart hurt for them...
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 07:45 Post subject:
I'm so sorry you had to go through this.   The brutality of the situation involving his death had to make it a brazillion times worse that if he had died of an illness or something. Nobody should have to bury their child.
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 12:29 Post subject:
I don't know that I would live.
My heart goes out to her.
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brie k
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Posted: 06/21/06 - 12:47 Post subject:
Well, JM and I have discussed this a lot over the past few days. It is the most horrendous thing a parent can endure, and yes, I think made even harder by the circumstances. And you know, I know I'd be a puddle in a corner for a while, but because I have 2 other children (and Teresa has Monte), I'd have to get up and go on.
But recover fully, never.
I sit here and just cannot even begin to imagine what she is enduring. It breaks my heart, and I'm just a bystander. Very sad, tragic stuff.
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