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An Empty Cradle, a Full Heart: Reflections for Mothers and Fathers After Miscarriage, Stillbirth, or Infant Death |  | Author: Christine O'Keeffe Lafser
Publisher: Loyola Press
Category: Book
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Rating:  8 reviews
Sales Rank: 399786
Media: Paperback
Pages: 249
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Dimensions (in): 5.9 x 5 x 0.7
ISBN: 0829411739
Dewey Decimal Number: 242.4
EAN: 9780829411737
ASIN: 0829411739
Publication Date: October 1998
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Nearly a million parents suffer a miscarriage or infant death each year. Theirs can be a lonely, quiet grief--with many emotions experienced but not easily expressed. This collection of more than a hundred short meditations beautifully interweaves the very real feelings of bereaved parents with Scripture passages that provide comfort, direction, and a sense of hope.
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Great gift for anyone going through a miscarriage/infant death. April 19, 2009
Kristine Andrastek (Milwaukee, WI USA)
I bought this book without reading it for some friends who had just experienced a miscarriage. I have never been through one myself but really wanted to reach out to my friends, because it's so important to grieve the loss of a child. So many people don't view pre-born children as children because of some of the laws in our society. But for those who lose a child through miscarriage or still birth, they really have lost a part of themselves, and this book addresses so many of the emotions they may be feeling. It addresses the mother's emotions as well as the father's, which is really great, because men usually just want to "fix" things, and with this, they can't. I HIGHLY recommend this book.
 Not quite what I was expecting September 8, 2008
Shelly Frazier (Portland, Oregon)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
This is a good inspirational book don't get me wrong, however it just wasn't what I was expecting. I was expecting more of a book instead of short daily inspriations I guess. Maybe I just didn't read the details prior to purchuse well enough I don't know. It does cover some from a fathers side instead of just how the mother feels after a full term loss. We lost our daughter three days before a scheduled c-section...ten days before my due date. She was beautiful 9lbs 4oz, 21 inch long. The hardest thing my family has had to go thru. Does give the reader a sense of hope and the feeling that they are not the only ones experiencing the vast emotions associated with a loss.
3 months later, it still brings comfort February 16, 2007
Juliet Bogan (Michigan)
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
The reflections in this book are of the nature that they may bring comfort for a long time. Sometimes I read many of them, sometimes just one or two. Sometimes the reflections and Bible passages help me to grieve, sometimes they help me to rejoice that my son is with our Lord.
Of the 8 or 10 books I bought or was given after the death of our son, this is one of the two that I find the most helpful (the other being - When Hello Means Goodbye, which is more for right away).
reflections with scripture December 11, 2005
Sonny L (New Mexico)
4 out of 4 found this review helpful
This is a very good book to give comfort to the grieving after the loss of a pregnancy or baby. The agonized reflections of grieving parents are coupled with scriptural references (some from the Catholic bible). The pages of the bible have much comfort for the afflicted, and the references here are coupled beautifully with the reflections of parents who have suffered. This book offers hope, comfort and encouragement for the bereaved.
Still Helps me today August 24, 2004
L. Swick (San Diego, CA)
5 out of 5 found this review helpful
I lost my son 3 years ago and I can still open this book and find peace. I would buy this book for anyone who has lost their baby. The emotions felt are placed side by side with words of scripture. It is as if God is helping you through your emotions. My husband's Aunt got this for us right after our son died. It helped me then and it continues to help me now.
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