To think the behaviour of these mothers is shocking and they bloody well deserve a slap?

[SassySusan]

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A Mum and Dad I know lost their son at 40 weeks. I didn't know the couple very well and when I saw the Mum in nursery one day I wanted to run away from the grief on her face.

What could I say? What could I do? Nothing would give her her son back.

But I stopped myself from running and simply went up to her, gave her a hug and said I was sorry. She hasn't forgotten that.

At the time we were both stood in the nursery crying but I couldn't ignore her.

Hi

Fraser'sMummy - we are close now, thank you. We always were, but sometimes I still said the wrong things. I am glad that your memories of the support your Mother gave you are now good ones.

I think that perhaps because tragic bereavements (you can't get more tragic than a child) are now relatively rare we are perhaps as a society less good at dealing with them than we used to be in times when they were more common, and this may sometimes increase the isolation and loneliness felt by the tragically bereaved. Not that I am of course qualified to speak for them, of course.