Quote Originally Posted by RoadRaven
And don't forget you will see him in the eyes and smiles of your children and grandchild... he will always be with all of you as long as you wish him to be, even though he is not so easy to feel or hear now...
Unfortunately, my husband and I were never able to have children. We dealt with years of infertility followed by a miscarriage after a finally successful IVF (our second). That was one of my other grieving periods in life, eight years ago. I thought I would never recover from that, but I have, and that gives me hope that I will someday recover from this latest wound.

Also, my only brother had a brief, early marriage and has never remarried (he is now 40), so he has not as yet had any children. So, my dad had no grandchildren by blood. My step-sister, whom he adopted after her bio. father deserted her and her mother, has two children, and Dad loved them, but there are no biological grandchildren to look like or remind me of Dad.

Perhaps one day there will be, if my brother can ever find lasting love again - I hope for that all the time. Perhaps now, with the loss of our father, he'll feel an even stronger push to do that and to eventually have a family. He'd be a great dad.

But thanks for the thought - you didn't know, of course, about our childlessness.

And thanks to ALL the posters here - I am simply overwhelmed with your kindness and the personal experiences some of you have shared. I wish I had the time and energy to answer you all personally, but please accept my gratitude. Each and ever post touched my heart.

Emily