At times I have said the common denominator among parents
who have a child with a disability is the thought, “What happens after I’m gone.”
I just finished a book that stated the thought so clearly, “You’ll always be wondering: is my baby all
right tonight? Is he sleeping peaceful? Is he happy and surrounded by people
that cares for him? Is he in pain? Is he lonesome? Does he need something only I
can give him, but he ain’t got no way to let me know? Lord, please keep my
child safe tonight. That’s when I found faith, when my young’uns growed up and I
had to let them go…it’s so hard for a mother to trust her young’uns to anybody
else…”1
Have you ever felt like this? How can we help each other to
let go?
1MoonWomen by Pamela Duncan, Delacorte Press
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