Yes. I have often looked at that photo when I have felt ungrounded and alone, because this is the life work of bereaved parents — learning to inhabit, from time to time, a kind of necessary solitude, one that permits us to cull grace from agony. It is in this exercise that we can beat back despair and permit absence to underscore a beautiful presence as we gather ourselves and move forward. There is always a certain beating back of despair. A Photo of a Stillborn Baby, Proof of Life, and Grief and Memory - NYTimes
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