Comments on edenland: Big Strength

I was with a best friend when she received the cal...

2011-12-28T07:41:15.628+11:00

I was with a best friend when she received the call telling her That her brother had shot himself dead.
It was a strange experience - her world had stopped but the world continued around us.
When I was on uni break I stayed with her and her parents on the coast. I hadn't met her parents before but I could see how much the grief had changed them. Heartbreaking. I slept in her brothers room, in his bed, everything was the way he left it. At night when everyone was asleep her dad would come into the room And play the piano. Her mother would never say his name - only referring to him as 'someone that used to live here'.
So sad.
Thoughts are with your friend.

I wrote a poem about it. I can't paste it from my phone but I'll get it to you

Too scary a concept for me to allow my mind to foc...

2011-12-27T20:49:59.701+11:00

Too scary a concept for me to allow my mind to focus on.

You have such a way with words Eden. I consider m...

2011-12-27T16:45:18.676+11:00

You have such a way with words Eden.

I consider myself lucky. I survived the death of my child and then got to mother two more.

I can't even begin to comprehend what all those mothering emotions and copious amounts of love would've been redirected to or in which other form they could have taken. I shudder to think.

Thanks Eden for saying what's on your mind and in your heart.

Gabbie x