Still a mother: Parenting after a child has died
 

Still a mother: Parenting after a child has died
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It happens most often when I’m driving. My 9-year-old son will be in the backseat talking or playing a game on my phone. And sometimes in my mind’s eye, next to him, I see his 11-year-old brother, a slightly bigger version but with blue eyes. Sometimes they’ll giggle together or argue about who is taking up more room.

I have two sons. It’s just that one of them is **w dead.

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