The silence that surrounds parents’ grief for a baby
“It’s the absolute worst when this happens,” says the man laying gravestones, unable to speak the words baby or dead.
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He and I stare down at the freshly laid gravestone, edged by spring-green grass.
“When people come into our office for this,” he trails off, shielding his eyes from the morning sunshine, his weathered face suddenly young in disbelief.
“It’s the absolute worst when this happens,” he shakes his head, unable to speak the words baby or dead in the same sentence.
