My heart has been touched by a sad and tragic story
22Jul2007 Filed under: faith, kids shouldn't die Author: slackermommy
I have just read the most heartbreaking story of a family who just lost their six year old, Hannah in a drowning accident. My heart simply aches for this family. I do not know them and today was my first time to Hannah’s mother’s blog. I’m so touched by the love and strength of this family. Hannah’s mother, Rachd has a beautiful and poignant way of expressing her pain and describing Hannah. Through her words, photos, and videos I feel like I know Hannah; a vibrant, sparkly little girl who loved flowers and all things girly. The family has asked those who attend her funeral to wear their fanciest Hannah clothes; tiaras, boas, sequins, and fairy wings. Their wish is to fill the funeral home with Hannah’s spirit and rejoice in it. The beautiful thing is that I already feel Hannah’s spirit spread through the blogosphere with all the comments, posts, thoughts and prayers for this family. I think we all will be hugging our children a little tighter. Please stop by and offer this family your condolences, thoughts, and prayers. After reading Hannah’s story you may never look at a wildflower or frog the same way again.
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Izzy
July 22nd, 2007 at 11:51 am
God, that’s so sad. My daughter is the same age and into all that girly stuff just like Hannah *sigh* I can only imagine the pain of losing a child.
Scrapping My 2 Precious Gems
July 22nd, 2007 at 1:31 pm
Oh my! THat is one sad sad story! I have an online buddy who’s daughter was in a near drowning incident in March 2006. She is still in an open eye coma. It is no wonder I have such a fear of pools, beaches, lakes….anything water related. I shower my two mostly because I have a fear of them drowning.
My heart goes out to Hannah’s family.
BarnGoddess
July 22nd, 2007 at 2:12 pm
wow, heartbreaking. My heart aches for Hannah’s loved ones…
her spirit is living on in beauty thanks to her mother.
nothing worse than losing a child.
Lisa
July 22nd, 2007 at 7:28 pm
Oh wow. How gut wrenching! I can’t even imagine. Thanks for the bloggy love, Roomie!
JYankee
July 22nd, 2007 at 8:48 pm
yeah…unimaginable…
Sierra
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:17 pm
Thanks for the perspective. You always keep it real and I am glad that you are in my bloggin world to make it so. What a neat way to honor her baby’s memory. I love it when people celebrate life even in tragedy.
JaniceNW
July 22nd, 2007 at 9:37 pm
My youngest son died over 11 years ago at the age of 10 months. It’s still painful. My heart is crying for this family because I can see their future(in an oblique way). May God help them through this.
Elle
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:05 am
It is so sad to see such a beautiful life cut so tragically short. Prayers to this family.
QT
July 23rd, 2007 at 12:31 pm
This was so sad. My heart goes out to that family.
Worker Mommy
July 23rd, 2007 at 1:51 pm
My heart absolutely breaks for them ! I will keep them in my prayers
carrie
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:02 pm
Life is so precious. My thoughts will be with this family -
Carrie
Ms.L
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Awww,what a lovely way to honour such a great girl.
I’m so sad that she’s gone:(
Thirty-One Trendy
July 23rd, 2007 at 2:40 pm
Thanks for posting this. I posted it on mine as well. I just can’t even explain how reading that blog made me feel. I just want to hug my boys.
shauna
July 23rd, 2007 at 6:29 pm
That just makes you ache. Thanks for putting a link to her site though–she amazes me with her strength. The blogworld will have to stick with her as the grief begins to sink in. May God bless her and her family…
Carrie
July 23rd, 2007 at 7:53 pm
So sad. I hope their family is doing well after all the hardship they’ve gone through with the lost of a family member.
Terri@SteelMagnolia
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:35 pm
Oh God…
man… have to prepare myself to go to that blog….
Daddy Forever
July 23rd, 2007 at 9:58 pm
It’s so sad when someone dies so young. I would lose it if that happened to me.
rachd
July 23rd, 2007 at 10:22 pm
Thank you for your touching tribute to my precious Monkey! The love from the blogosphere and cyber world has certainly been out of this world. Thank you thank you thank you! :o)
EE
July 25th, 2007 at 2:01 pm
I can’t even imagine what this family is going through…
Danni
July 25th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
This is so sad. I don’t know what I’ll do if ever that happens to me.
ewe are here
July 26th, 2007 at 4:15 am
I just burst into tears reading about Hannah. It’s too horrible to contemplate, and it reminds me of how I lost my 3 year old cousin when we were young.
That poor family.