National Children's Remembrance Day, 2008
"So this is Christmas And what have you done Another year over And a new one just begun And so this is Christmas I hope you have fun The near and the dear one The old and the young " ~John Lennon, Happy Christmas The second Sunday of December has been tagged by grieving parents as the one to remember our lost children. We light a candle at 7 PM. I am not certain how long this has been an event; but this is my eighth year performing the ritual. I am not sure who decided to make it December; but I haven't been able to sing Silent Night without crying for eight Christmases. I don't think many others remember my son throughout the year; but this day gives me permission to remind them its a gift when they say his name, "James". I don't know exactly how many children have died from preventable medical errors; but there are as many as 277 patients a day that die from preventable medical error. I can't imagine how Pennsylvania physicians manage to pay their ...