Parents’ heartbreaking decisions - Greatest love may be to say goodbye

It was Pádraig Pearse who wrote “Lord, thou art hard on mothers: We suffer in their coming and their going.”

They may also suffer in between, caring, nurturing and worrying about the children they love unconditionally.

Proof that a mother’s love is the heart of any family comes from a letter published in yesterday’s Irish Examiner and available to read online at irishexaminer.com.