I don't know how I come across these things, but I do. And being highly emotional and pregnant does not make it any easier for me to hear this kind of stuff. My friend Emery had a post on her blog about this little boy named Bronson who drowned in his parent's jetted tub. But now he's alive...barely. Of course I was so fascinated with this story I had to go and click on the link to his mom's blog and read all about it. I have never cried so hard, truly. My kitchen table is sopping wet. It's a heartbreaking story and every mother's worst nightmare--ironically, I related somewhat to her pain about feeling guilty--like it was her fault he drowned. I felt the same way when Jase burned his hand so badly at only 10 months. I should have been watching him better, I should have known, etc etc. All those awful thoughts come back to me from time to time when I see his burn scar and think, "It's probably only a matter of time before he'll need a skin graf," or "How will this affect him later in life?" Sigh. Heartbreaking. However, Jase's poor burn is nothing compared to what this woman has gone through with her youngest son. It's incredible. It's a lesson in life to me that stuff happens. It happens. There's only so much a human being can do to protect their children from every day mishaps. I hope this young mother can forgive herself somehow for what has happened to her little boy. I try to let this sink into my brain, but it just makes me a more paranoid mother. So my prayers and love reach out to this mom. If you want to read the story, you can see her blog HERE. The post that explains what happened the day he drowned is at the bottom of the page (I believe it's dated February 1st). May God be with this family during this extremely difficult time.
Monday, February 08, 2010
Baby Bronson
I don't know how I come across these things, but I do. And being highly emotional and pregnant does not make it any easier for me to hear this kind of stuff. My friend Emery had a post on her blog about this little boy named Bronson who drowned in his parent's jetted tub. But now he's alive...barely. Of course I was so fascinated with this story I had to go and click on the link to his mom's blog and read all about it. I have never cried so hard, truly. My kitchen table is sopping wet. It's a heartbreaking story and every mother's worst nightmare--ironically, I related somewhat to her pain about feeling guilty--like it was her fault he drowned. I felt the same way when Jase burned his hand so badly at only 10 months. I should have been watching him better, I should have known, etc etc. All those awful thoughts come back to me from time to time when I see his burn scar and think, "It's probably only a matter of time before he'll need a skin graf," or "How will this affect him later in life?" Sigh. Heartbreaking. However, Jase's poor burn is nothing compared to what this woman has gone through with her youngest son. It's incredible. It's a lesson in life to me that stuff happens. It happens. There's only so much a human being can do to protect their children from every day mishaps. I hope this young mother can forgive herself somehow for what has happened to her little boy. I try to let this sink into my brain, but it just makes me a more paranoid mother. So my prayers and love reach out to this mom. If you want to read the story, you can see her blog HERE. The post that explains what happened the day he drowned is at the bottom of the page (I believe it's dated February 1st). May God be with this family during this extremely difficult time.
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I came across this the other day, too and had to stop reading it because it was making me so upset. Don't you wish these terrible tragedies were somehow avoidable? I can't even imagine what I would do...
Things do happen. No one can watch their child every second of every day. It is heartbreaking when things like this happen. But when Jase burned his hand, you did ALL the right things and so quickly! You are a GREAT mom and I am sorry this happened -- but ALL mothers have experienced things they wish they could take back or do over -- and Jase is blessed to have a mother who works so hard to do her best to have her child feel loved in every way. If you could, you would heal his hand. If he could, he would heal your heart.
This is like a wake up call to be more careful. It's so easy to get lax until something like this happens. Thank God that there are still miracles today.
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