Ethan's Butterflies: A Spiritual Book For Parents and Young Children After a Baby's Passing

by Christine Jonas-Simpson, Karen Friis (Illustrator)

Spiritual comfort and understanding after a baby’s passing was what Christine Jonas-Simpson was looking for in answering her young sons’ difficult questions about their baby brother Ethan’s passing. This book takes the parents and young children through the journey of deep sorrow and loss of a baby brother or sister from the moment of expectation of meeting them to the despair of knowing they passed, to the joy of reconnecting with them in another way. This story is about living and feeling the deep loss of a baby as well as transforming this precious loss through connecting and creating new relationships.

16 pages, Paperback

First published August 19, 2006

Reviews

[Anne]

Our own pregnancy loss was some years ago now, so I had seen this advertised at that time but never read it since it isn't widely available. Just happened to see it on Hoopla and decided to check it out 8 years later. It is written very simply and from a humanist spiritual perspective, so not fully representative of my own experience, but gentle and full of love and could be valuable for families looking for words to share their grief.

[Steve]

this is the book I wish I had written. This is compassionately written & appropriate for a wide range of spiritual perspectives.