[yvonne]

To quote Alan Ball, "A person who has lost a spouse is called a widow or widower; one who has lost one’s parents is called an orphan. But the situation of one who has lost a child is so awful to even contemplate that there is no word to describe it." The loss of a child might well be the point where grief reaches its unimaginably heart-wrenching zenith, where it triumphs and becomes all pervading and black - black as the darkness of death itself.

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[yvonne]

To quote Alan Ball, "A person who has lost a spouse is called a widow or widower; one who has lost one’s parents is called an orphan. But the situation of one who has lost a child is so awful to even contemplate that there is no word to describe it." The loss of a child might well be the point where grief reaches its unimaginably heart-wrenching zenith, where it triumphs and becomes all pervading and black - black as the darkness of death itself.

http://gosumag2004.50webs.com/5/15.html