When a Child You Love Is Terminally Ill

The inclination to mourn is natural upon hearing the diagnosis of a terminal illness. When the one diagnosed is a child, the mourning represents not just the loss of a life, but the loss of a future, of hopes and dreams. This CareNote offers sensitive guidance to those enduring this unbearable time in sections titled: “Deal with the day-to-day,” “Rely on the power of love,” “Deal honestly with your feelings,” “Invite God into the thick of all this,” “Deal with tomorrow, but don’t live there before it comes.”

By Linus Mundy