Everlasting – Laura Harley

In this video, Laura Harley puts to music a quotation from the Baha’i Writings about the loss of a child.

In the passage sung, Abdu’l-Baha tells a grieving mother what her child, who has passed on, could tell her; this quotation illumines the everlasting connections we have with our loved ones.

The quotation is as follows:

That beloved child addresseth thee from the hidden world: `O thou kind Mother, thank divine Providence that I have been freed from a small and gloomy cage and, like the birds of the meadows, have soared to the divine world–a world which is spacious, illumined, and ever gay and jubilant. Therefore, lament not, O Mother, and be not grieved; I am not of the lost, nor have I been obliterated and destroyed. I have shaken off the mortal form and have raised my banner in this spiritual world. Following this separation is everlasting companionship. Thou shalt find me in the heaven of the Lord, immersed in an ocean of light.’

On a related note, we hope that this personal article by Kamelia about miscarriages and stillbirths and this piece by Ariana about what birth can teach us about dying may bring some solace and comfort for those seeking it.

You can find Laura Harley’s music on her YouTube channel.

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Sonjel Vreeland

In her innermost heart, Sonjel is a stay-at-home parent and a bookworm with a maxed out library card but professionally she is a museologist with a background in English Literature. She currently lives on Prince Edward Island, an isle in the shape of a smile on the eastern Canadian coast. Sonjel is a writer who loves to listen to jazz when she's driving at night.