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Originally Posted by MRM
Sorry for your loss. I can certainly understand how he could have lost his will to live after losing his son, which may have influenced his risk taking. When my oldest son was 5 years old he had a near drowning accident while at a YMCA day camp. He was saved through a series of events that can only be described as miracles. A night in the Peds ICU later he was discharged, leaving only PTSD and a shell shocked family to show for his ordeal.
Through counseling we were all able to make it through, and that is with Alex coming out of it without permanent physical injuries. There is no doubt in my mind that if we had lost Alex that my wife and I would have separated within a year and I'd lay odds that one or both of us would be dead by now. I would certainly be living at the bottom of a whiskey bottle if I was living at all. I later read statistics that showed that a huge percent of parents whose children die young get divorced. I know neither of us could have lived with ourselves without Alex.
There is a passage in the Bible where King David mourns the death of his oldest son - a son who had been trying to kill David - and cries out something like "Absalom, oh that I could have died instead of you." I think that expresses the feelings we all have for our children. We would give our lives to save theirs any time.
Godspeed to Kenny and may he find the peace in the next world that he was searching for in this one.
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That's quite a post, MRM. Thanks for opening up and sharing for those of us who appreciate life perspectives.