One of my acquaintances lost her 6 month old daughter. It was a horrible accident.
I'll post about that later when I have my head around it more.
Today I went to buy her a sympathy card. In Hallmark.
There were THREE cards to choose from about losing a child. There were over 20 to choose from about losing a cat/dog/pet.
WHAT IS THAT??????
I am so mad I am about to call Hallmark. What kind of society do we have when there are more cards mourning the death of pets than children?
I wish it meant that parents never lost a child.
I think it's more of a comment about us- not knowing what to say. I don't know either, that's why I was trying to buy a card.
My Church group in makig a gift basket- for the parents and the siblings. I am thinking of giving some craft items for the children- and maybe a gift certificate.
But I really have no idea what to say.
Who am I?
- Jennifer
- Jennifer Coym is currently an Instructional Design & Development graduate student in Southwest Alabama. She has a BA in chemistry, BS in science education and a MS in analytical chemistry. She plans to graduate with her PhD in ID and work in the field of Instructional Design of Science Education. Jennifer is currently employed as an instructional designer, graduate assistant, at her university.
3 comments:
I am so sorry for your friend. I couldn't even fathom what they must be going through!
That is so sad.
I think there are so few cards because no one knows what to say and perhaps because it is such a horror few people could even contemplate what to put in a card (as far as employees at Hallmark). I dunno.
Very sad.
Read this...
http://cribchronicles.com/2007/06/16/come-away-human-child/
It's about what you can say.
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