"Please don't ask me if I'm over it yet –

I'll never be over it.

Please don't tell me he's in a better place –

He isn't here with me.

Please don't say at least she isn't suffering –

I haven't come to terms with why she had to suffer in the first place.

Please don't tell me you know how I feel –

Unless you have lost a child, too.

Please don't ask me if I feel better –

Bereavement isn't a condition that clears up.

Please don't tell me at least you had him this long –

When would you choose for your child to die?

Please don't tell me that God never gives us more than we can bear.

Please just say you are sorry.

Please just say you remember my child...if you do.

Please just let me talk about my child.

Please mention my child's name.

Please just let me cry."

The Compassionate Friends National Office

877-969-0010

www.compassionatefriends.org

Lisa Dechant, Chapter Treasurer

Gail Blase, Chapter Secretary

Mary Anne Macko, Assistant Secretary

Linda Stauffer, Chapter Newsletter &

Website Creator & Maintenance

Theresa Sitko, Memorial Garden Director

Barbara Reborati- Chapter Liason

Mandy Sitko-Membership coordinator

Dianna Cox- newsletter mailings

Remembrance and thank you cards

Mandy Sitko in memory of her brother Clayton. Lisa Dechant- in memoru y of her son Eddie