How is it to be sad even while you're happy? Just ask any parent who has lost a child and they will explain this. We can be so happy about something, yet there is a hole in our heart -- a very big emptiness in the heart. That place is reserved just for our child. Because our child isn't here, that hole constantly aches and pains reminding us even on our happiest of days that someone special is forever missing. That's just how much it hurts to lose a child.

Repurposed from my FB page. From Silent Grief--Child Loss Support

The passage above is exactly how I still feel.  It is coming up to 14 years since Laura departed this world and the hole in my heart is still very deep. The heartache and emptiness never goes away. I wish peace and comfort to all moms and dads who have lost their beloved children.