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Be Not Afraid losing a Babyone, wept buckets for months. It was our church andcommunity rallying around us in prayer and practicalsupport –as well as the time factor – that eventuallyhelped me to accept the fact that Eddie was grieving inhis own way.I don’t know that our marriage would have survivedwithout this gentle counsel, at times unspoken. It is awork in progress. I still often surprise Eddie with anunexpected rash of weeping.The death of a child cannot be “fixed.” I have come toaccept this grief as part of me. I hoped for closure witheach of our children that followed Stephen, but thoughthe pain is duller, it will stay until we are reunited.Each time a baby or small child dies, we are remindedthat the earth is not yet fully our home and that our lifehere is short – like a flower, like grass, like a butterfly.No matter how young the child, no matter how manyhours or days or months we were given to love andknow that child, the pain seems unendurable; thewounds never quite seem to heal. What else can wedo but trust, with the grieving parents, that in Jesushealing will be given, even though slowly, almostimperceptibly.In a newborn we see innocence and perfection, andwe look for the day when the whole universe will be40