Guilt. How many of us felt guilt after our child passed? I sure did. I was filled with “ If only I had_____.” I filled that blank in with everything I thought I had done wrong ever as a mother. It spanned from the time he was born all the way until he died. The guilt consumed me well into the second year. After that I still had pangs from time to time. I can’t say when it stopped. I just know that it has at 5.5 years. I now know I am not powerful enough to be responsible for everything that goes wrong in my world. It boggles my mind that I ever felt that way. I certainly did not feel resonsible when things went well. I learned to let go of what doesn’t bring me closer to peace, to my son, and to my husband and surving children. I feel peaceful. If you are still in the guilt stage I hope this might encourage you. It is okay to feel those pangs of guilt until you can let it go. But...