It is strange how quickly you can feel connected to a person.  This mother is someone I have only officially met once in my life.  She has followed my journey off loss and we have stayed loosely in touch through social media.  However, this week, we have become more than that.  Our mortal experiences have linked us together eternally.  Loosing a child is one if those experiences that no one can really understand unless you have been through it.  Once it happens to you, you are forever a member of a group you never really understood. A group that really gets it. Really, all I really want to do is give her a big hug. 

Chances are, there is a family in the world going through this type of heart ache and you probably don't even know it.  Just say a little extra prayer for those who are suffering tonight.  Say a prayer that they will feel some sort of peace, even if it is just a hint of it right now.  The truth is, there is no point praying for the pain to go away...grief is a testimony of the love that mother has for her lost child...and you just can't take that away.  What you can pray for is that they feel the peace the atonement of Jesus Christ can bring.  Among the pain of grief, there will be an undertone of peace  in knowing God loves them and their family.  Pray for that peace for them.