My wife, Jan, and I did not celebrate a damn thing this summer. We didn’t take a family vacation or meet up with old friends or invite neighbors to our backyard for a picnic. Instead, we got in the car one morning and drove to the annual national conference of The Compassionate Friends, a support organization for parents who have lost a child.<\/p>\n
Or, in our case, children. All of our children….<\/p>\n
I caught this one by happenstance yesterday on the way home from the Post Office. Emotionally overpowering, so get prepared before you try to take it in. Read or listen to it all (almost 8 1\/3 minutes)–KSH<\/a>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My wife, Jan, and I did not celebrate a damn thing this summer. We didn’t take a family vacation or meet up with old friends or invite neighbors to our backyard for a picnic. Instead, we got in the car…<\/span><\/p>\n