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After the Loss of a Child: We Are Now Extra Ordinary Parents

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“A wife who loses a husband is called a widow. A husband who loses a wife is called a widower. A child who loses his parents is called an orphan. There is no word for a parent who loses a child. Lose your child and you’re nothing.” — Tennessee Williams… Continue reading →

A Father’s Grief: When Love Isn’t Enough

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Editor’s Note: Larry Carlat, Next Avenue’s first Managing Editor, wrote a story for  Esquire in 1998 called “You Are Me,” about adopting his son Robbie. Unfortunately, there was a tragic end to it. Carlat’s son took his own life nine months ago. He was… Continue reading →