Loss

Last night at the hospital I had my first experience with death. A little one was born too early and did not survive the night. I helped prepare him to spend his last moments with he parents. Their grief over the loss of this long awaited child broke my heart and I was unable to maintain my composure.
I know in Africa, death will be a common occurrence. Somehow God will help me to bear the sadness, made more frustrating and heartbreaking because death there is so often unnecessary because of malnutrition, untreated malaria, AIDS and parasites.

It’s better to light one small candle than to curse the darkness. --Confucius