Reply #34: Somewhat off topic but [View All]

Your remark about how it was more common to lose children in years past made me think of this. In the early days of the camera, it was not uncommon for a parent who had lost a child to take the body, dressed in its finest, to a photography studio and have a portrait made of them. Though it sounds horribly morbid now, the reality was that they had most likely never made the investment of a photograph or painting of the child in life and desperately wanted a likeness to keep as a remembrance. I've come across several such photos over the years and they always make me so sad. :cry:

I cannot imagine losing a child. I don't want to imagine it. While I find this particular women's way of dealing with it odd and probably not something I'd do, I can't say that I wouldn't do something equally crazy. That's got to be a situation that makes anyone a little crazy.