Tag Archives: baby

This Bitter Shore

Posted on May 2, 2019 by Doc Arnett

There are many hard losses in this world; losing a baby has to be among the hardest. How critical in this the love of family, the caring of friends, the sharing of sorrow and the hope of resurrection. Continue reading →

Posted in Christian Devotions, Christian Living, Death & Dying, Family, Metaphysical Reflection, Poetic Contemplations, Poetry, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged baby, baby dying, death of a baby, funeral for a baby, infant death, Kalli Nicholson, Steve Nicholson, stillborn | Comments Off

Of Paradox and Pleasure

Posted on May 17, 2018 by Doc Arnett

Isn’t it amazing how something that happened years ago seems like yesterday and something last week seems years ago already? Continue reading →

Posted in Aging, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged baby, family friends, friendship, Katie Collins, newborn, old friends, paradox, Tristan Collins | Comments Off

Miscarriage

Posted on May 23, 2011 by Doc Arnett

But how, then,

do we ease the pain of the loss

of the un-named child?
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Posted in Death & Dying, Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged abortion, baby, death of child, death of infant, grief, loss, miscarriage, pain, sharing, sorrow, stillborn, unborn | Comments Off

Elijah Daniel Switzer

Posted on December 9, 2009 by Doc Arnett

I hold Daniel a while longer, caressing him and these few moments, looking at him and cradling him in ways that my father never held my children. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Relationships, Spiritual Contemplation | Tagged baby, family, father, grandchild, grandson, tenderness | Comments Off