ABSTRACT
During the course of the interviews, each parent exhaustively explored the nature and extent of their loss, some beginning at the moment of their child’s death, others further along in the narrative. In their thoughtful descriptions of the crushing tragedy that had befallen them, parents described the devastation that accompanied the death of their child as they referenced the regeneration of their lives and the lives of their surviving children and families. To understand how one currently parents, and the changes that have ensued, it is necessary to understand the delicate and ongoing interplay between the devastation of a child’s death and the unrelenting demands of living. Both pieces come together to form the dynamic whole that represents parenting surviving children after the death of a child.
