“We had to put him in this cold box, his final resting place”
And Stéphanie remembers the tragedy. “My first boy died. He died in my womb at 7 months pregnant. Some would say he was born lifeless so I shouldn’t consider him my son. But if I felt him move, I had contractions for my delivery and we had to put him in this cold box for his final resting place, she asserts. “You would have been 18, my son.” And to remember these terrible words: “One day a friend told me ‘Christopher’s destiny was to die to make way for Killian’”. She then happily recalls her second son having a conversation with the one who is no longer there. “And yes Christopher you must see him from up there as your brother is a very handsome young man and I am proud of him. He is captain of his rugby team and one of the best at school.” And Stéphanie wishes “a happy birthday to you two big boys”. “I love you,” she assures.
Enough to make Internet users shocked by the cruelty of certain reflections react. “Let people talk. They can’t know what the pain of losing a child is. It’s an open wound for life. Even if you have Killian and Esteban they will never replace Christopher. A child is unique. Live your mourning in your own way. No one should judge,” “Let’s let people who have never experienced this visceral pain of losing their child speak…”, they say. Discreetly Claire, the candidate for L’amour est dans le pré who also experienced this impossible mourning, left 3 white hearts. In this ordeal, Stéphanie finds many hands reaching out to comfort her…
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