My parents had the horrible experience of losing a daughter. This meant, of course, that I lost a sister. I grew up with a huge feeling of loss. It wasn't until I became a mother four months ago that I realized what losing a child could mean. I couldn't imagine losing my daughter. I wrote this poem for my mom to help validate her feelings of loss. She is such a wonderful mother and grandmother. She sacrificed her time to grieve to make sure that I was all right. Now it is her turn.

This poem originally was published in Sad Poems - Poems about Death