A companion for the journey through grief
I keep waiting to hear the bang of the screen door, the thump of schoolbooks landing on the dining-room table, and the creak of the refrigerator door. I didn't even realize that I was waiting for those familiar sounds that I won't hear again.
--excerpted from the book Christine O'Keeffe Lafser has endured the deaths of four of her children. In Longing for My Child, she offers her own reflections...