Almost a year after our infant son was born dead, a woman at church talked about him, using his name in a conversation, and I almost wept with gratitude! I didn’t realize how much it hurt that everyone tried not to talk about him to protect me from further pain, when really the most pain was from others dodging his existence at every turn.,
Taken from Nancy Guthrie, What Grieving People Wish You Knew about What Really Helps (and What Really Hurts)