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Bereavement

Croney

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1. I've had to struggle with this question for 50 years.

Reply to mia (Original post)

Tue Feb 9, 2021, 06:59 AM

Feb 2021

When asked, I say I have four. But every single time, a fleeting whisp of memory dashes through my mind as my brain says no, "four" is incorrect, you have six.

I lost one very young, and one adult child, but it's not the business of strangers. I don't mind talking about it if necessary, but four" is the answer I'm comfortable with.

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Losing a child doesn't mean you stop being their mom [View all] mia Feb 2021 OP

I've had to struggle with this question for 50 years. Croney Feb 2021 #1

I'm so sorry for your loss. mia Feb 2021 #2

i struggled with this. barbtries Feb 2021 #3

Tough for us dad's too. For years I would say 3 kids because that was how many I had left. Dustlawyer Feb 2021 #4

We lost our daughter a long time ago randr Feb 2021 #5

It was two years before I was asked, how many children. Delmette2.0 Feb 2021 #6