The Gift of Ben

Love and Longing….it takes your breath away….in the quiet, the void left in Ben’s absence is palpable….I’ve internally debated whether to write about the grief of tragically losing a child. Do I just stick to public awareness and facts? History? Solutions? The generic, clean parts – stay away from the messy, complicated reality? Yesterday, though, […]

“But there was no need to be ashamed of tears, for tears bore witness that a man had the greatest of courage, the courage to suffer.” – Viktor Frankl, Man’s Search for MeaningThere are many theories of grief. You may be most familiar with Elisabeth Kubler-Ross’s five stages of grief: denial, anger, bargaining, depression and acceptance. […]

Please see my story and thoughts in the following news media outlets below. These are tentative plans, schedules – if anything changes I will let you know: – CBS National Morning Show (around 7:40 am)- The Weather Channel AMHQ with Sam Champion (begins airing in segments around 9:10 am)- CNN – digital story by Kelly Wallace “Grieving […]

On July 29th, my husband and I made a unified decision to share Ben’s story with others and to speak out to raise awareness about the grave dangers of child heatstroke in cars and bolster the intellectual discussion around ways these risks can be mitigated in the future, whether through public awareness campaigns, legislation, funding […]