Empty arms

It is hard to imagine any greater pain than that of losing a little child. It is like an amputation, so that though one may learn to live with the loss, the parent is never the same again. In the English language we have a word for those who have lost their parents: an orphan. We have a word for those who have lost their spouse: a widow or widower. We have no word for those who have lost a child. It is as if the very thought is too painful to put into words. This book is an intensely practical book which has as its basis the autobiographical experience of a lovely family ravaged by death. Everyone would benefit from reading and understanding about bereavement, but for anyone in a similar situation to the Bakers, this account is not only a text book but a tonic, and may be even a true friend.

Publisher: Evangelical Press
Type: Hardcover
ISBN: 9780852347041

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Keren has been married to Steve for 25 years. They have 5 children aged from 22 to 11, and live in Liverpool where Keren settled after university and taught music before having children. She now works part time from home in the craft industry and in her spare time loves sewing, reading and baking anything with calories! Keren and Steve are members of their local church and have a heart for supporting and encouraging those who are suffering.

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From the depths of her aching heart, a grieving mother gives words to the emotions that swell and surge after the sudden loss of a child. Keren Baker takes us from the sad, depressing grave of little Natalie on up to the portals of heaven, where the everlasting arms of love of the Lord Jesus envelop this precious girl, and encircle her family here below. There is no pain like the pain of losing a child, but there is no comfort like the comfort of Christ and Christian friends.' Mary Beeke