tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post6300087047573663915..comments2024-03-19T03:22:42.689-04:00Comments on JACK at RANDOM: The Day We Said Goodbye and She Rode Around the City AloneJosh Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07558455153152363458noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-61260784003473844692013-11-05T13:01:40.149-05:002013-11-05T13:01:40.149-05:00hi, this is weird, but i read your blog, have read...hi, this is weird, but i read your blog, have read it for almost two years now. i found it after a friend of mine had a miscarriage and i sort of fumbled around reading first her blog and then other blogs about babylost people. anyways, i found yours back then, and i just wanted to let you know how deeply touching your writing is about your lost daughter. you are a very talented writer. i have never lost a baby, but i have two young children and, of course, any parent lives in fear from very early on that something will happen to them. this might sound bad, but reading about the loss of your daughter has helped me understand better what i have with my two children, the nature of life and loss and a parents love and what it all means. i've always meant to write a comment, but thought, "who the hell am i?" some stranger that doesn't even know you. i just wanted to say that your writing has meant a lot to me. thank you for being so honest and putting it out there.Terryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00776833608323052624noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-10983104159298285922013-03-13T16:20:02.334-04:002013-03-13T16:20:02.334-04:00My heart breaks for you. Just crumbles. My heart breaks for you. Just crumbles. Emhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15069220262683215373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-33556090783508961062011-06-13T14:00:40.727-04:002011-06-13T14:00:40.727-04:00Found your blog via Angie & Glow in the Woods....Found your blog via Angie & Glow in the Woods. You are an amazing writer -- but I am so very sorry that we are coming to know that because you lost your daughter. I'm glad you are finding some comfort in the blogosphere.loribethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272814565916935113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-59593838040198775732011-06-10T21:47:53.272-04:002011-06-10T21:47:53.272-04:00Oh Josh. We wish along with you. My heart and sou...Oh Josh. We wish along with you. My heart and soul and whole being aches for you all. Love you always. <br />JoniAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-21418899915813580102011-06-10T14:52:30.655-04:002011-06-10T14:52:30.655-04:00Me again. A stranger, a parent whose heart aches f...Me again. A stranger, a parent whose heart aches for you and Kari. Your touching posts always leave me with the same thought amidst the tears, how lucky the three of you are to have each other in the flesh and Margot's sweet soul is so blessed to have your love all around her.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-33543948418909789742011-06-10T08:19:04.533-04:002011-06-10T08:19:04.533-04:00I completely feel your pain. My daughter passed aw...I completely feel your pain. My daughter passed away in February and I suffered from HELLP. I was in a coma for the first 4 days, and when I awoke it tortured me that she was alone in the morgue, alone going to be cremated, alone when she was cremated. It still hurts. It still feels like I should have done something. Know you are not alone in your pain, others are right along side you.Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04765311698457480243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-73491120540718030612011-06-09T16:29:29.680-04:002011-06-09T16:29:29.680-04:00Josh, this is a note from the author of a book I r...Josh, this is a note from the author of a book I read. She lost her son to cancer and while reading this I thought of you and Kari. "Grieving, I think, is a lot like that-a wild, agonizing, bewildering, yet sometimes glorious ride into the deeper, more essential aspects of self and humanity. It is also, I believe, a ride with no end in sight." "For every joy that passes, something beautiful remains. That statement beckons me ever onward in my quest to survive and, finally, to begin to heal." I pray for the both of you as you are on this journey that you didn't ask for, that you are able to seek His face and He begins to heal your hearts when the time is right.Corriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07564450721163444699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-15331271275037754732011-06-09T13:49:38.975-04:002011-06-09T13:49:38.975-04:00http://forumforgrievingdads.forumotion.com/
Josh ...http://forumforgrievingdads.forumotion.com/<br /><br />Josh saw this link and I think I remembered you saying something about where are all the dad's sharing about their grief. This is for men only!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-37768036905241595782011-06-09T12:52:16.076-04:002011-06-09T12:52:16.076-04:00I think about you, Kari & Stella everyday. It ...I think about you, Kari & Stella everyday. It may seem like the world around you keeps turning and people have gone about their business with time marching on for them, while your world is stopped. Please know there are so many behind you, next to you and near you that feel for your broken hearts, broken hopes and sadness. We check your blog everyday, say prayers for you everyday, think of you everyday and send love to Margot everyday.clairenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-7550345285770458192011-06-09T12:09:45.452-04:002011-06-09T12:09:45.452-04:00Another stranger here who keeps seeking for "...Another stranger here who keeps seeking for "right words." A long time reader of your blog, I am offering the only thing I know to do in these moments: To be present; to keep reading; to keep listening to your voice; to share these moments with you. My life has been touched by Margot through this space. Touched deeply. I find my prayers have no "right words" either. I am only briefly comforted by the ancient Word that the Spirit understands our groanings that are too deep for words.The Mommahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07567555710726074936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-65570034349291079872011-06-09T10:21:27.403-04:002011-06-09T10:21:27.403-04:00Thank-you Sara and others for your kind, beautiful...Thank-you Sara and others for your kind, beautiful words. I feel like I keep saying this, but these comments and messages via email and Facebook mean so much to us. <br /><br />Sally, I'm so glad this post meant something to you, even if the memory is a painful one. I often feel this same way when I read other babyloss parents writing about everything (and there is so much to write about).Josh Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558455153152363458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-87505858586481410672011-06-09T05:58:09.034-04:002011-06-09T05:58:09.034-04:00Stunned speechless by this post. I too remember th...Stunned speechless by this post. I too remember thinking "I just want to be with her". And not just in the hospital room, rocking her lifeless body in my arms, but at the morgue, at the funeral home, riding in the back of the car with her to the cemetery. I hated that for an entire week between her birth and burial, I really had no idea where she was, yet I knew her body was still here on this earth. <br />Like Angie said, you've made me scratch an itch I no longer get to scratch as often these days. Time has dragged me forward, but I was glad to read here today and take a trip down (very sad) memory lane.<br />xoHope's Mamahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04984543289642681339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-35614996319098128172011-06-09T02:35:02.963-04:002011-06-09T02:35:02.963-04:00I type and erase then type and erase. I've sta...I type and erase then type and erase. I've started to leave long notes here then I decide I'm saying too much but then leaving something short is not enough. So I never write anything. Nothing I say is ever good enough or heartfelt enough to express how sad I am that Margot's not here and that you and Kari are so broken. I hurt for you and pray for you with all my heart.Sara Pembertonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-6706697976279537572011-06-08T23:29:09.070-04:002011-06-08T23:29:09.070-04:00Lots of tears as I read this post. I ache for you ...Lots of tears as I read this post. I ache for you all.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10446605654747592907noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-12374355648336950672011-06-08T23:15:57.603-04:002011-06-08T23:15:57.603-04:00Your words are so deeply moving and make sense to ...Your words are so deeply moving and make sense to one who has also exoerienced a significant loss. When you have the time please look at this website. The insight of loss and grief also provided such clarity to me when I needed it. Perhaps it will offer that to you also. Thank you for sharing your journey.<br />http://www.therombergsconnection.com/meetings/2007-07-20/Libba_Presentation/Libba_Presentation.htmlsusan allgaiernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-38054664674335869892011-06-08T22:57:05.093-04:002011-06-08T22:57:05.093-04:00Thanks Angie for the comment and the reminder that...Thanks Angie for the comment and the reminder that this ache, this longing, is simply love. It's hard to see it this way through the tears and pain sometimes.Josh Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07558455153152363458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-89205884534013415262011-06-08T22:26:38.909-04:002011-06-08T22:26:38.909-04:00This post is breathtaking. Wow. It touches that pa...This post is breathtaking. Wow. It touches that part in me that has ached for two years and almost six months. It has ached for so long I don't always notice the pain. It still brings tears to my eyes to think of that moment. Thank you for reminding me of that moment. Sometimes I have to remind myself that the ache is love. Thinking of you and Kari right now. xostill life angiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15150141781089602529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-32583939091216132562011-06-08T15:16:02.010-04:002011-06-08T15:16:02.010-04:00Oh Josh... I wish, I wish, too. I miss watching he...Oh Josh... I wish, I wish, too. I miss watching her be a part of your lives. A part of ours.<br /><br />My heart weeps. My eyes are shedding tears. Oh, how I wish...Gwen Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04027343279411160166noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6504259906351329000.post-71479596790621280982011-06-08T12:17:08.795-04:002011-06-08T12:17:08.795-04:00i just wanted to let you know that i have followed...i just wanted to let you know that i have followed along with everything that has happened to you and your family. i knew kari when we were kids. and wanted to let you know that even though i can have no idea how devastating it would be to lose your child , i do not live with it every moment as you do , we will not forget her .slatershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13190673488003533588noreply@blogger.com