Thursday, July 12, 2007

the childless widow

There have been 3 births and 3 pregnancies announced in my life in the past 3 months.

6 babies

none of them mine

and i cannot shake the sadness of that fact

because if cancer had not invaded our life we would have more than likely been welcoming a baby of our own by now

but instead i am childless and i hide my sadness behind rattles and playmats and darling clothes bought for other people's children

while always wondering why

and always wondering what a little piece of him and of me would have been like

sometimes the grief felt on this subject is just so much more than the grief i feel in losing him

and lately it is just that much more magnified

what life could have been like, what a child would have been like

so many dreams and wishes and hopes for a future- all ripped apart

yes i can still have a child- but it will never be his

there will never be a piece of him wandering this earth

and that sadness rips me apart every single day

7 comments:

amanda said...

This pretty much sums up how I've been feeling lately. Also, I've been getting excruciating angry at the fact that so many people who aren't fit or don't want children have them, while Eric and I were denied.

It's also been tough to feign being happy for friends who are getting married (because in my head, they don't have the same caliber of relationship that Eric and I had) or buying homes (because Eric and I never had the chance to settle down and live the boring, mundane couple life.)

It's just been a really, really sad time lately.

Stephanie said...

Big, big hugs to you, Kyle.
My heart hurts with you.

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