Guest post by Ezra's Daddy: Love's lessons from loss
Hi everybody,
Below is a link to a piece I wrote about Ezra, my father, and my personal experiences with grief over the past year or so. It was published for Thanksgiving in the NBC News website, theGrio.com.
Beautiful, David- the silence needs to be broken, and you do that so powerfully. It's been an honor and a blessing to walk part of the way with you on this journey, and we can't wait to welcome Ezra's little brother to your very special family.
perfect and beautifully written. i can resonate with so much of what you write about being a babylost parent. and can empathize with the many losses you've experienced beginning with the loss of your precious son ezra.
sending you, sarah, ezra and sunflower lots of love xox
It is all so true. I wish there were more dads expressing their grief. My husband, Sunil is in so much pain but unfortunately we do not have many dads involved in our support group. We go for every meeting together but usually it is only women who come. I am emailing the link to your article to him. Hope it helps him. Sending vibes of health and well being to Sarah and little baby.
On August 29, 2008, after 33 weeks and 5 days of the most blissfully happy unproblematic pregnancy imaginable, my world came crashing down when my son Ezra Malik died in utero. I was induced and gave birth to Ezra on August 30, 2008 at 3:47 pm. He is 4 lbs, 18 inches and has the most amazing combination of his mommy and daddy's features. He is perfect in every way. We later learned he died from a placental abruption. His mommy and daddy love him dearly and miss him terribly. Ezra taught me much in his short life, and he continues to teach me every day as I journey on my own path of grief. I created this blog both to record Ezra's life, but also to create a venue to share some of Ezra's lessons as time passes and I am more able to articulate what they are. I will update it from time to time when I feel able.
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Beautiful, David- the silence needs to be broken, and you do that so powerfully. It's been an honor and a blessing to walk part of the way with you on this journey, and we can't wait to welcome Ezra's little brother to your very special family.
perfect and beautifully written. i can resonate with so much of what you write about being a babylost parent. and can empathize with the many losses you've experienced beginning with the loss of your precious son ezra.
sending you, sarah, ezra and sunflower lots of love
xox
Beautifully written David.
Hoping the year to come is filled with joy and healing.
xxx
This was so heartfelt and beautiful. Thank you for sharing it.
It is all so true. I wish there were more dads expressing their grief. My husband, Sunil is in so much pain but unfortunately we do not have many dads involved in our support group. We go for every meeting together but usually it is only women who come. I am emailing the link to your article to him. Hope it helps him. Sending vibes of health and well being to Sarah and little baby.
Perfect, David.
Beautiful...
Lovely to hear from you David. You are very eloquent and so very right. Thinking of precious Ezra and Sunflower.
xx
A truly wonderful piece.
Beautiful, moving piece. Thank you for sharing it here and at theGrio.
Beautifully written David...so much hidden pain in our community.
Sending you guys much love, support and hopefulness for baby Sunflower....
xoxo
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