Daily Meditation

“A man without courage is to me the most despicable thing under the sun, a travesty on the whole scheme of creation.” — Jack London Courage does not always look like action. For grieving parents, courage often means simply waking up and facing another day. The world expects strength in ways that feel unfair to … Read more

“I have the nerve to walk my own way, however hard, in my search for reality, rather than climb upon the rattling wagon of wishful illusions.” — Zora Neale Hurston Grieving parents often feel pulled in many directions. Society encourages quick healing, tidy explanations, and shallow comfort. Many well-meaning people offer words that silence pain … Read more

“The world breaks everyone, and afterward, many are strong at the broken places.” — Ernest Hemingway Grief breaks something inside that never goes back to the way it was. For parents who have lost a child, the break feels absolute. The rupture changes everything—every thought, every season, every breath. People around us may hope we … Read more

“Believe you can and you’re halfway there.” — Theodore Roosevelt Grieving the loss of a child can break the will to believe in anything. The future feels blank and unwelcome. Every step forward can feel like a betrayal, or worse, a lie. Many grieving parents feel stuck between past and present, unable to see how … Read more

“One person can make a difference, and everyone should try.” — John F. Kennedy Grieving the loss of a child can leave parents feeling invisible. The pain feels too big to carry, too private to share. The world moves forward as if nothing happened. But grieving hearts do not move on. Grieving hearts move differently. … Read more

“The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today. Let us move forward with strong and active faith.”— Franklin D. Roosevelt Grief often clouds the idea of tomorrow. Many grieving parents wake up unsure how to make it through another day. The idea of moving forward can feel like betrayal … Read more

“America will never be destroyed from the outside. If we falter and lose our freedoms, it will be because we destroyed ourselves.” — Abraham Lincoln Grief brings a collapse that feels internal. The world outside continues to spin, but something inside has gone silent. For grieving parents, that silence can feel like destruction. The loss … Read more

“I would like to be remembered as a person who wanted to be free… so other people would be also free.”— Rosa Parks Grief has a way of chaining us to the past. Many parents feel trapped in the moment everything changed. Every breath afterward can feel stolen from the life that should have been. … Read more

“I am convinced that the truest act of courage, the strongest act of manliness, is to sacrifice ourselves for others in a totally nonviolent struggle for justice.” — Cesar Chavez Grieving the loss of a child reshapes every understanding of strength. Many people think strength means holding everything together. For grieving parents, real strength often … Read more

“Education means emancipation. It means light and liberty. It means the uplifting of the soul of man into the glorious light of truth.” — Frederick Douglass Grief has a way of stripping everything bare. The death of a child unravels the heart and silences the mind. Many grieving parents feel they’ve lost not only their … Read more