Author: 
Gabrielle
ID: 
052
Type of Post: 
comment
Keywords: 
spiritual, church, belief, religion,
Religious Affiliation: 
non-religious
Type of Loss: 
neonatal death (within hours) of twins due to prematurity
Codes (Bakker): 
Age at time of post: 
unknown
Living children at time of post?: 
no
Time Since Loss: 
1 year, 1 month (Dec. 2008)
Months since loss (at time of post): 
13
Gender: 
F
Images in Post: 
NA
Date of Post: 
1/25/2010
Date of Access: 
6/14/2012
Number of Comments: 
NA
URL of post: 
http://www.glowinthewoods.com/home/2010/1/25/the-inescapability-of-karma-maybe.html#comments
Author blog title: 
http://www.themaybebaby.com/
Author blog URL: 
http://www.themaybebaby.com/

We are now, finally, after much deliberation and discussion, seeing a therapist. nothing spiritual. All practical. I'm not looking for philosophical reasons - looking for ways to make me not want to punch people in the face. All the time. Even when I'm smiling on the outside. I think she is definitely a good thing for us right now. Don't know for how long, but right now, yes. It is working.

Luckily, my spiritual crisis happened long before the loss of our daughters. But I am a little sad that their death caused some spiritual shaking for others that we are very close to. There are many, many times that I wished I had the comfort of a church or shared belief to usher me through grief, but I won't let serious issues with my former religion slide, not even if I crave the scent of incense and the release of singing hymns off tune.

I too have heard the maybe the short life was all the life they needed. Sometimes I like to believe that. Sometimes.

Codes (Paris): 
Comments (Bakker): 

negative example of code 4; longing for religious comfort but finding none; sad that death of baby caused crisis of faith in others