Anonymous wrote:Dear mother OP,
A thousand other mothers hearts bleed with you tonight.
We pray for you and with you.
And if I have ever crossed your path - i work at children's - I hope I have been kind and caring and open. And if I haven't, if I seemed rushed or harried or careless, I am so sorry. Sometimes I forget the mother on the other side of the bed could be me.
Thank you for that reminder tonight.
I second this, although I am not in medicine. I read OP's original post, and it reminded me to show more kindness to strangers on the street, because you never know what they are going through. I k now this intuitively, of course, but it is so easy to think that your life is "important" and forget as you rush, rush, through your day.
So, thank you, OP, for your grace and for allowing me to realize what I owe to my fellow humanity: kindness and grace.