He probably thinks its the one he took home with him when it died at birth. I don’t think the picture he wears is the one of the one that passed. I think it is Bella.
I do however, think it is VERY strange that he took a dead child home for him and his wife to be with it.
I think he will be grilled by the MSM and for that matter disliked by many for that alone if he is the republican nominee.
>>I do however, think it is VERY strange that he took a dead child home for him and his wife to be with it.<<
They had a wake at home. What’s wrong with that?
“I do however, think it is VERY strange that he took a dead child home for him and his wife to be with it.”
Everybody did that a few decades ago, including having the body laid out in the house parlor. Doing this with their baby perhaps allowed the other children to understand the humanity of their late sibling, connect with it as a true part of the family, and reinforce respect for all life.
Of course the MSM will pounce on that issue, as they don’t have respect for all life and, to them, the baby is no more than a fetus. Of course they, and all libs, won’t “get it”.
Having lost an infant to SIDS, I would ask you to hold back a little on this. The emotional turmoil is unbelievable. How one reacts is unpredictable. In my case, I have totally lost large periods of time from my memory of the tragedy.
When you have a baby who dies, and little children at home anxious to see their baby brother in mommy’s tummy, get back to us on what you would do.
Obama wanted to just dump babies who somehow survived an abortion into the trash to die. Well, the Santorums thought their precious baby who passed away deserved respect and love from the whole family. Not a mistake to be swept away but a valued member of the family with a tiny job to do here on earth. The other children got to see life, and death, in their little brother. They could understand a lot better than if the parents had come home alone. That would have been too difficult and possibly scary for the kids at home awaiting a baby.
The worst thing that can happen to you on this earth is to lose a baby. Not everyone grieves the same. They wanted to grieve as a family. They had their funeral at home with their children. Maybe you’d have done it differently but give the santorums enough kind sympathy to grieve in their way.
I've been there. Mine was a very early miscarriage, but that baby, and it was a baby not just tissue, was so precious to me. I took mine home too. I spent some quality time....parts of 2 days with my only child. I cherish those memories. I cried the whole time, but I remember everything about that time.
The Dr. said he had begun to disintegrate inside of me, so he lived in a pint jar. I sat him on the counter and talked to him while I baked him some cookies. I had promised him a ride on my horse. My husband thought I was totally nuts, but I held my ground and now I'm so glad I did.
I knew deep in my heart that it was time to say good-bye and bury him. In his little coffin, which was just a wooden jewelry box about 3 inches square, I put something from me, a tiny quilt, and something from his father a farmer, some corn shucks.
I closed the little box up and saddled old Spot. I forced John to come along and dig the grave. With some cloth, I made a sling and cradled the coffin for his ride on a horse.
We had to walk along the road for about a quarter mile before we could climb the hill overlooking the river where I wanted to bury him. Along the way we encountered the neighbor who stopped to see why we were carrying a shovel and walking beside the horse and carrying flowers.
Suddenly, the neighbor caught on to what we were doing and he burst into tears.
You have no idea how much peace the Santorum family must have received from their actions.
“I do however, think it is VERY strange that he took a dead child home for him and his wife to be with it.”
Apparently it’s part of a program on how to accept and grieve. I don’t really think it’s for us to judge this one.
It’s only strange more people don’t do the same thing when their baby dies......but after all we are a throw away society so tossing your dead children away without a second thought seems normal
They do it in Europe all the time. You don't call a Funeral Home for a tiny baby. They wanted their other children to know that it was a brother and NOT a blob of tissue..... It's a non-issue, how they mourn is none of our business