Theme: Siblings at End of Life

Death of a sibling from illness: We let Julia, the big sister, see the dead body.

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Death of a sibling from illness: We let Julia, the big sister, see the dead body.

Parents of two children who die from a rare metabolic disorder learn from the first child’s death that their oldest daughter needed to see the dead body to help understand death. The pastor helps them find a way to show the body.” Julia was capable of saying good-bye to her brother’s body.” “You can’t have great love without great loss.”