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LostOne4Ever
(9,290 posts)NanceGreggs
(27,819 posts)... of burying one's own child.
We anticipate the loss of our grandparents, our parents, our elders, even our spouses. But seeing a child leave this life before us can never be prepared for, nor fully accepted.
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)must be unbearable
herding cats
(19,568 posts)Not in the public eye like they're having to. It's the single most horrific thing a parent can ever have to endure, and they're having to share it with the entire world. I'm just not that strong of a person.
BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)It's just too much and I hope they have time to be with each other and heal. Just so so sad.
JDPriestly
(57,936 posts)Warren DeMontague
(80,708 posts)So very sorry for your loss.
Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)CTyankee
(63,912 posts)he collapsed at her funeral. He was never the same. I truly believe it eventually killed him...
Behind the Aegis
(53,991 posts)...my grandmother never recovered. It destroyed her. We are all grown men, I am 46, just like Beau, and if I were to pass (KOW), it would likely kill my mother.
No Vested Interest
(5,167 posts)That big Irish heart of his is breaking, but there he stands comforting those near and dear to him.
LibDemAlways
(15,139 posts)have to attend the funeral of his child and no small child should have to attend the funeral of a parent. The Biden family has been through so much already. So difficult to look at those photos of such deep grief.
My husband's mother died when he was 12 and to this day (he's 64), he cannot bring himself to talk about losing her. The pain has never gone away.
Thoughts and prayers for the Biden family. There are truly no words.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I can't begin to imagine.
My heart goes out to the Biden family.
DiverDave
(4,887 posts)I cannot begin to imagine the pain if one of mine died.
It's been my nightmare since they were born.
It would shatter me...
lovemydog
(11,833 posts)Thank you all so much for all you contributed to our country & the world.
BumRushDaShow
(129,543 posts)JustAnotherGen
(31,907 posts)Its out of the order. He has now buried two children.
DEMTough
(90 posts)brer cat
(24,615 posts)Sending my prayers to the Bidens.
sabrina 1
(62,325 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)My heart is breaking for this family... but they do deserve to grieve in peace. I can't imagine what that would have done to me.
bigtree
(86,005 posts)...it's far too easy (and likely) that this pain and grief will be brushed aside and republicans and others will feel free to launch full-throttle attacks on the Vice-President in other forums, such as Cruz did the other day. That's why I wrote, 'Lest We Forget' in the title. Sensitivity and understanding is important at this time, given the very public role VP Biden still has to perform, and people should be aware of that.
CTyankee
(63,912 posts)ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)Because it is their pain, and it hurts to much to see someone suffer. I can't use it for political gain in any sense. This was not an attack on you, a candidate or a political figure. These were simply my own thoughts.