Sympathy Card MessagesMessages for Parents
Sympathy card messages have a different focus depending on the situation. The loss of a child is perhaps the most painful of all bereavements. There is an unwritten law that parents should outlive their children. It is counterintuitive that a child die before his parents. Yet, every day, children die from all kinds of causes, disease, accidental injury and all too often, from suicide. There is no preparation for the loss of a child, and no sympathy card message will change that.
Even when your child has a terminal illnesss, there is never a good time, never a comfortable time, often never a time when you are ready to say goodbye and let go. You can know that your child’s life will be shortened, but often there is hope right up until the end. It may be for the discovery of a cure for his illness, or a miraculous touch of God. Your message will need to speak to the void in the parent’s life that a child’s death creates. Here are some sympathy card messages that may fit your need in comforting grieving parents.
Praying that God will touch your heart with memories of the laughter of your child.
Messages for GrandparentsThe death of your grandchild seems even more unreal than that of your child. After all, if parents are meant to die before their children, then certainly grandparents are not meant to outlive their grandchildren.The loss of a grandchild places the grandparents in the position as the chief supporters of the grieving parents. The grandparents’ own grief must take a backseat to the support role they play in the lives of their children. The role potentially includes assuring that remaining siblings get the support they need as their parents grieve. Remember the grieving grandparents in the weeks and months after the death. Sympathy card messages for surviving grandparents are appropriate at any time in the first year after the death of a grandchild.
This is the time when the grandparents are getting their second wind, the immediate family of the deceased child are gradually getting back to some sort of routine, but still don’t have anything to give outside the nuclear group. This is the time when grandparents have the time to feel the pain they have been setting aside. Sympathy card messages containing special expressions of love and sympathy during this period are gratefully appreciated and especially timely. Here are some ideas:
When you lose a grandchild there are no words to console. May God’s grace comfort you. No words can fill your empty arms or ease your pain. Our loving thoughts are with you now and as you continue to grieve. Nothing we can say will bring back the lighthearted voice or the warmth of your grandchild’s hand in yours. Loving thoughts are with you.
Messages for SiblingsSometimes the siblings of a person who has died are forgotten in the system of grief, sympathy and memorial activities.If the deceased is married the spouse is generally the center of sympathy attention as the chief mourner. If he (she) had children, attention is focused on their loss and subsequent wellbeing. Memorial accounts may be set up for the future care of young children, and others rally around the surviving parent to assist with the management of immediate care of the children.
Siblings may not live in the same area, may not be a major part of the deceased’s family life or may even be estranged from either the deceased or other members of the family. Sympathy card messages when someone has lost a sibling are especially important because of this. Some messages that may suit your particular needs are included here.
May you be comforted in the knowledge that your precious sister no longer suffers pain or sorrow. May you find solace in the ever present spirit of your brother, watching from heaven and smiling on you with endless love. May God grant you the grace to grieve your sister’s death and the faith to remember the joy of her life. Our prayers and thoughts are with you as you grieve the loss of your brother.
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