In March of 1915, all three of Lord and Lady Chetwynd-Pitt's sons'd been gassed, blown up or machine-gunned in the very same week at the battle of Neuve-Chapelle. All three. Imagine that: On Monday, you've got three sons, by Friday you've got none. Lady Albertina had just, y'know, caved in. Physically, mentally, spiritually, brutally.
We do not have control over many thingsin life and deathbut we do have controlover the meaning we give it.
Grieving Parents: Surviving Loss as a Couple
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We do not have control over many thingsin life and deathbut we do have controlover the meaning we give it.
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