This is episode 52, which means this episode completes a full year of the Grieving Parents Sharing Hope podcast.

Because of this milestone, we are taking a break from the current series to share some thoughts about the difference a year can make.

Those of us who have lost a child from this earth are painfully aware of this. Usually after the death of our child, we can't see any movement toward healing, especially those first couple of years. We feel like whenever we take one step forward, we fall 3 steps backwards. It's too dark to make heads or tails of where we are or where we are going.

While it is extremely important to acknowledge that part of the process in going through the intense darkness, it is also important to acknowledge that a lot is happening in that first year, even when we don’t think so.

No matter how dark it is, each day gets us one day closer to the hope and the light we long for and desperately need. And as you begin to find yourself getting glimpses of hope and light in your life, another year can bring you to new places you never thought would happen, including the discovery of what you want to do to keep your child's memory alive, in a way that helps others and reminds them that your child lived, and his or her life still matters!

No, our lives will never be the same, but we won't always stay in that place we started out in that first year, even though it may seem like it.

Join host, Laura Diehl, as she looks at what a difference a year can make in getting past the horrible pain and to a place of hope, light, purpose and meaning again in our lives.

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Becca Diehl Howard was born on April 13 and is forever 29.

Carter Braun was born on April 13 and is forever 15.

Brandon Matos was born on April 14 and is forever 23.

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The special song written for our children's birthdays I Remember Well can be heard here.

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