Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS): “Did you have a child?”

Faith to Feel

After her newborn daughter Jordan died of Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (SIDS), Erica Banks experienced a fog of disbelief for years, unsure how she managed to go on living. Erica shares with Dr. Geneus the ways many might suffer in silence when they are confronted with questions, such as, “Did you have a child?” With few memories to account for an infant’s life, Erica Banks explains why it can be difficult to find safe spaces to grieve and offers advice about ways to support grieving parents, even long after the death of their child. Erica’s faith helped her feel the loss of her daughter and find joy again.

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Show Notes:
Music Composed and Performed by Aaron Geneus

Bible Scriptures to Comfort the Grieving:

Matthew 5:4

Blessed are those who mourn,
for they will be comforted.

John 16:22

So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy.

2 Corinthians 1:3-4

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, the Father of compassion and the God of all comfort, 4 who comforts us in all our troubles, so that we can comfort those in any trouble with the comfort we ourselves receive from God.

Psalm 68:5

A father to the fatherless, a defender of widows,
is God in his holy dwelling.

Isaiah 66:13

”As a mother comforts her child,
so will I comfort you;
and you will be comforted over Jerusalem.”

Psalm 34: 18

The Lord is close to the brokenhearted
and saves those who are crushed in spirit.

Revelation 21:4

‘He will wipe every tear from their eyes. There will be no more death’ or mourning or crying or pain, for the old order of things has passed away.”

Philippians 4:13

I can do all this through him who gives me strength.