Tag: Child

  • Don’t let me Die Alone…..

    The shrill call of the telephone, a voice struggling for breath from one in deep pain, on the other end. “Daddy, I can take the pain no longer, I’m going to go home…” After thirty months of suffering, his wish granted, he died two days later in the arms of his brother, surrounded by his

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  • A Letter to the Younger Me – Part Two

    A Letter to the Younger Me – Part Two

    Who knows what lies in the mind of a child? Dreams and hopes, fears and sorrows. A child who seeks from those whose love and care is craved, just a smile, a word of approval, a touch of a hand, carried on a shoulder big and strong; lifted up and tossed into the air, then

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  • A Letter to the Younger Me – Part One

    A Letter to the Younger Me – Part One

        Who hears the cry of the child within and does not feel their pain. Does not feel their loneliness? Who hears the cry of the child within and does not sense their abandonment. Does not feel their longing for tenderness, understanding?

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  • The Yellow Snake

    The Yellow Snake

    The snake nestled itself around the neck of the fragile little child; a python that was at least a half a meter long and of good girth. The little girl, quite unaware of any danger in this circumstance, remained completely still; almost unconcerned, when all of a sudden……

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  • My Son Left Today

    It is said, that no parent should have to bury their child. Yet, in the span of our lives, we are not given the choice; there are many of us parents, who are given the painful task of burying our children. Since time immemorial, certain parents have been handed this painful task; a task that

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