Key Takeaways:
- The Power of Faith: Pamela Chedid emphasizes how her faith in Christ helped her carry the burden of grief after the loss of her child.
- Writing as Therapy: Through writing, Pamela found solace and a means to process her emotions, leading to the creation of her poetry book.
- Honor and Memory: Remembering and honoring lost loved ones through personal rituals and sharing stories aid in the healing journey.
- Support Networks: A strong, caring network of family, friends, and professionals is crucial during times of loss and grief.
- Grief is Personal and Complex: Pamela shares her experience of handling grief as an ongoing process, not confined to a specific timeline or method.
Notable Quotes:
- "Everybody experiences something in their life that profoundly changes them. And for me, it was the stillbirth."
- "I actually wanted to write her a poem when I first started reading my poetry. And believe it or not, it was one of the last ones I wrote."
- "It was the most terrible day ever, but I got through it. Everybody who saw me after, even in the days after and the day of the funeral, commented on how calm I seemed. I mean, of course I was crying and I was heartbroken, deeply heartbroken."
- "The one thing that I would advise them to do is to mention their name, remember the name of the child, and don't brush it under the carpet. Don't try and, you know, push it away. We actually want to talk about it."
- "If you have a friend who has had any kind of pregnancy loss, even if they didn't have a stillborn and they had a miscarriage, remember that. Honor that. Because it's just food for the soul really when you, when you receive a message like that, you think, oh, you know, her memory lives on."
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