The death of a child leaves a hole in the heart that is never filled. Life goes on but memories remain. May Millicent Ewen was born 7 December 1920, and died 25 December 1926. The picture to the right is of May Millicent, taken early in her childhood. It may be the only picture that the family has of her life. Granny Ewen and Granddad Ewen lost three children early in their married life. Their first child, Minnie Thelma Clay Ewen born, 24 March 1919, and died 11 March 1920. Their second child, May Millicent shown to the right. A third child named Susan Christina Ewen, born 7 April 1932, and died 25 July 1934. Lives not lived. What did we miss by not meeting or getting to know them. We will never know.
Say hello, May Millicent. What stories would you have told to your family? Those dark eyes, looking forward. You have the Ewen eyes and that Ewen round head! She is buried between her two sisters at Nada, just outside the front of the "Sunday Go to Meeting" church pictured in a previous post. Her grandfather and grandmother are buried just above. Forever part of the family...we certainly missed you.
I can't imagine how heart-breaking it must be to lose even one child... but three must be tragic. May Millicent was a beautiful child, but must have been called to heaven so early for a higher purpose.
ReplyDeletePrecious post. How kind of you to remember those sweet lives...
ReplyDeleteThat time when the child mortality rate was so high must have created a dilemma for parents wanting more children--especially after they had already lost one child.
ReplyDeleteI remember Mom telling me about her sister, Flossie Mae. She was 18 months old when she died. Mom and Flossie Mae had pneumonia at the same time. Imagine the survivor guilt that my Mother must have carried. There are no pictures to my knowledge. I did recently find an old sampler with her name, birthday and date of death. She was an Aquarius!! I would have loved knowing her..as she would have been the only "other Aquarian" in our family.
ReplyDeleteWhat a tragic burden to bear; it hurts my heart to read your post but what a lovely tribute to insure they won't be forgotten. Thank you for sharing.
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