3 months later, it still brings comfort

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	• An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant ... Christine O'Keeffe Lafser Loyola Press, 1998 - 249 pages average customer review:based on 7 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

3 months later, it still brings comfort

The reflections in this book are of the nature that they may bring comfort for a long time. Sometimes I read many of them, sometimes just one or two. Sometimes the reflections and Bible passages help me to grieve, sometimes they help me to rejoice that my son is with our Lord.

Of the 8 or 10 books I bought or was given after the death of our son, this is one of the two that I find the most helpful (the other being - When Hello Means Goodbye, which is more for right away).

Pain and Healing

We have lost 3 babies in our family. Our dreams of great futures were gone with them. We were desperate to find comfort. This book is healing and helpful to ease the pain.
I am grateful that I discovered this book. I also recommend Write From Your Heart, A Healing Grief Journal.
It really is necessary to "work" through grief.
May you all find peace and comfort.

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Not quite what I was expecting

This is a good inspirational book don't get me wrong, however it just wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting more of a book instead of short daily inspriations I guess. Maybe I just didn't read the details prior to purchuse well enough I don't know. It does cover some from a fathers side instead of just how the mother feels after a full term loss. We lost our daughter three days before a scheduled c-section...ten days before my due date. She was beautiful 9lbs 4oz, 21 inch long. The hardest thing my family has had to go thru. Does give the reader a sense of hope and the feeling that they are not the only ones experiencing the vast emotions associated with a loss.

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reflections with scripture

This is a very good book to give comfort to the grieving after the loss of a pregnancy or baby. The agonized reflections of grieving parents are coupled with scriptural references (some from the Catholic bible). The pages of the bible have much comfort for the afflicted, and the references here are coupled beautifully with the reflections of parents who have suffered. This book offers hope, comfort and encouragement for the bereaved.

Still Helps me today

I lost my son 3 years ago and I can still open this book and find peace. I would buy this book for anyone who has lost their baby. The emotions felt are placed side by side with words of scripture. It is as if God is helping you through your emotions. My husband's Aunt got this for us right after our son died. It helped me then and it continues to help me now.

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Nearly a million parents suffer a miscarriage or infant death each year. Theirs can be a lonely, quiet grief--with many emotions experienced but not easily expressed. This collection of more than a hundred short meditations beautifully interweaves the very real feelings of bereaved parents with Scripture passages that provide comfort, direction, and a sense of hope.

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