Freedom To Grieve

Saint Paul, Minnesota Chapter

"We Need Not Walk Alone"

The following is submitted by Faye McCord, TCF Co-Chapter Leader, Jackson MS in loving memory of all our children and in honor of those who have so valiantly given their lives on the battlefields so we can live free of tyranny and terrorism. May we all pause to give thanks for our freedom as we celebrate Independence Day on July 4th.

"FREEDOM TO GRIEVE"

Freedom - condition of being free or unrestricted Grief - intense sorrow

Does someone always have to die for others to be free?
If that's the case, then freedom always leads to grief.

Does someone always have to leave their families to fight for freedom's course?
If that 's the case, then freedom's fight always leaves their families in remorse.

Does someone always have to chart the course so others will know the way?
If that's the case, then Compassionate Friends has opened freedom's gates.

Have others walked this path before me to wage their war with grief?
If that's the case, then they have also fought through pain and torment, and have lost their child so sweet.

Is it possible for us to join together? - to fight for our freedom to grieve?
If that's the case, then together we'll march on to try to live our lives in peace.

And together we'll fight the battles of grief - all parents who are sorely bereaved,
And pay tribute to the children we have lost, for they've given us the freedom to grieve.

~Written by Faye McCord,
In loving memory of my son, Lane McCord (1/26/65 - 9/13/98)

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