Benefits Think Personal, professional reflections merge when considering bereavement

I know of someone who — by God’s grace, the loving support of family and friends, and sheer will — is surviving the unthinkable, the impossible.

Of course, as is the human condition when we hear of such soul-shaking loss, I imagined how I would manage to sweep up the tiny broken pieces of myself if I ever lost one of my precious children. I could think of nothing, and fervently hope and pray I never have to figure it out.