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Mar 24

Mar 24 The Hard Part Is What’s Next.

Elizabeth Gerlach

Children, Grief, Loss, Special Needs, Family

No mother should ever have to bury her child. But it happens all the time. And recently it was a family we know, making my heart heavier and taking me back just a bit to the familiar feelings of four years ago.

I’ve been there. We lost my three-year-old son in 2016.

May 3
May 3 All Emotions of the IEP.

Elizabeth Gerlach

Development, Children, Family, Special Needs

Jan 31

Jan 31 Every Time I See a Child Smile, I Think “This is why Ben died.”

Elizabeth Gerlach

Children, Family, Grief, Loss, Special Needs

For any mom who loses a son, you wonder ‘why’? Why did this happen? Why me? Why us? What could I have done to keep him well? And the worst question of all that comes from a place of guilt – is there anything I could have done differently to deliver a different outcome?

For me, I believe the answer is no.

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May 3 May 3 All Emotions of the IEP.

May 3
May 3 All Emotions of the IEP.