AdamAgain.org
ADAM CONNOR died today, April 25th at 3:30 a.m. He would have been 2 months old on Wednesday. He is survived by everyone. A victim of SIDS (Sudden Infant Death Syndrome), a phenomenon whose fatality rates now equal those of AIDS and starvation, Adam will be buried at the Lawrence Arms cemetery in Rockford, Illinois, following a private ceremony on site.
Uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins and friends of the family will be arriving in town this week in preparation for the funeral. Adam’s parents, Kane and Nancy Connor, are obviously at a loss for words and have declined to comment. Their first and only child, Adam came about after 6 long years of concentrated conception attempts.
Brenda Sexton, a distant cousin of Nancy, was on a plane as soon as she received word of Adam’s demise. Her heart was so touched by the Connor’s loss that she is in the process of setting up a foundation in Adam’s memory. (With the permission of his parents, of course.) “I can’t imagine the hell that Nancy and Kane must be going through right now. All that time. All the trying. For years. And then this…they are heartbroken. I know that. What we are going to be doing in the next week or so -me and my boyfriend Bob- is setting up an organization - AdamAgain.org - where contributions can be made, not to the family, but to directly fund more research in the field of SIDS. It’s time we come up with a cure for this horrible problem. I mean, come on. We’re living in the 21st century.”
When a death like Adam’s happens around us, it is hard to accept the sovereignty of God without shaking our fist in anger. A new, innocent life taken without cause, it seems. And in an instant, we are left with more pain than the child will ever know. To go from the ecstasy of a 6 year dream fulfilled to the devastation of a soul-searching loss in a matter of 2 months is something none of us should have to go through.
Brenda’s thoughts on Adam’s untimely death can provide some choice wisdom for us all: “I look at it this way. And I would never share this with Nancy and Kane. Not yet, at least. Not until they’re ready. But it’s a choice. Really. You can spend a whole lot of time. Years and years, agonizing over the “why” of the whole thing. Why it is so unjust in our eyes. Why God would even choose bring a baby into this world for 2 months and then steal him away. But you’d just keep hitting a wall. You’re never going to get it. That’s not our job. But what you can do is use it. Use this horrible experience as an impetus to be proactive. For once in your life. I know this is not my child, but I definitely feel changed because of what happened to Adam. And I’m not going to just sit around anymore. I’m 32 years old, but I suddenly feel like I’m 16 again. Because I’m going to do something with my life. Finally. Something that matters. You know?”
Our thoughts and prayers are with Nancy and Kane Connor during these difficult times. May you find some rest in all the unrest.
Uncles, aunts, grandparents, cousins and friends of the family will be arriving in town this week in preparation for the funeral. Adam’s parents, Kane and Nancy Connor, are obviously at a loss for words and have declined to comment. Their first and only child, Adam came about after 6 long years of concentrated conception attempts.
Brenda Sexton, a distant cousin of Nancy, was on a plane as soon as she received word of Adam’s demise. Her heart was so touched by the Connor’s loss that she is in the process of setting up a foundation in Adam’s memory. (With the permission of his parents, of course.) “I can’t imagine the hell that Nancy and Kane must be going through right now. All that time. All the trying. For years. And then this…they are heartbroken. I know that. What we are going to be doing in the next week or so -me and my boyfriend Bob- is setting up an organization - AdamAgain.org - where contributions can be made, not to the family, but to directly fund more research in the field of SIDS. It’s time we come up with a cure for this horrible problem. I mean, come on. We’re living in the 21st century.”
When a death like Adam’s happens around us, it is hard to accept the sovereignty of God without shaking our fist in anger. A new, innocent life taken without cause, it seems. And in an instant, we are left with more pain than the child will ever know. To go from the ecstasy of a 6 year dream fulfilled to the devastation of a soul-searching loss in a matter of 2 months is something none of us should have to go through.
Brenda’s thoughts on Adam’s untimely death can provide some choice wisdom for us all: “I look at it this way. And I would never share this with Nancy and Kane. Not yet, at least. Not until they’re ready. But it’s a choice. Really. You can spend a whole lot of time. Years and years, agonizing over the “why” of the whole thing. Why it is so unjust in our eyes. Why God would even choose bring a baby into this world for 2 months and then steal him away. But you’d just keep hitting a wall. You’re never going to get it. That’s not our job. But what you can do is use it. Use this horrible experience as an impetus to be proactive. For once in your life. I know this is not my child, but I definitely feel changed because of what happened to Adam. And I’m not going to just sit around anymore. I’m 32 years old, but I suddenly feel like I’m 16 again. Because I’m going to do something with my life. Finally. Something that matters. You know?”
Our thoughts and prayers are with Nancy and Kane Connor during these difficult times. May you find some rest in all the unrest.
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