Dealing with the death of a child is perhaps the most difficult thing that a grieving parent can possibly deal with in a lifetime. No matter what the circumstances, this level of grief is profound and a major life challenge. No matter what else is going on, or the circumstances under which it occurs, whether expected or not, it is not something that we can be prepared for emotionally, especially if we have not formed a strong spiritual understanding of why this might happen in life. It is not punishment, but instead, losing a child is part of our life lesson, so I've been told, and dealing with that loss, is a parent's task in this lifetime if this experience has happened in one's life.

Whenever I've contacted the continued spirit of the child for a grieving parent, the child invariably wants the parent to move on, live their lives and release grief. It is never the desire of the child for the parent to stop their lives and spend years in an incomplete state over losing a child, even when they are the child. If a parent has been handed this situation in life, then the death of a child was part of their life plan and blueprint for this incarnation. Hard as it may be, it is something that the parent or parents have to work through and learn to cope with spiritually in order to be their best spiritual selves. It is not necessary to see losing a child as an ending, but instead, as a graduation to the next chapter as a spirit moving through its journey, which is long and glorious.

Please listen to Danah Hilden's show, The Spiritual Mom's Corner and her guest Loretta Holton, author of The Journey of Expansion, and a mother who has lost her son in an accident, for proactive ways to deal with the death of a child. Maybe you can find useful information to help you cope with the grief of losing a child.

Please be patient, as the audio is very bumpy in the beginning, but the discussion is very, very useful for dealing with losing a child.