Hi Colleen, our son Eric was promoted to Heaven November 4, 2014. It was literally the worst night of our lives. You see on one side our hearts knew Eric was going to die probably earlier than we were because of his terminal illness called Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy but the other side never could bare to think about it. But our wonderful Eric he so loved the Lord, he was such a wonderful gift from God. He accepted his life the way God made him after all he’d been through. Which helped us too. I’ve had pictures up in every room of my house literally! You know I grieved severely for a good while not even knowing what I was doing. His first birthday came around and I had to make it a big celebration for him. I was still in a deep grieving period of my life. I’d say it’s still very hard. But we remember the happy times and his little sayings and laugh or smile or even cry still. I’m smiling as I’m writing you now. Thinking of our sweet precious Eric. He passed right after he turned 30. I’m always willing to help others with anything I can about how to handle things after this kind of loss. Guilt is a big factor in this kind of situation, so hard on a mom and dad but somehow you have to find a way to forgive yourself especially because God forgave us first. 🙏🏻🙏🏻❤️