Lossent | (noun) |`loss–ənt

1. a. One who outlives their biological child.
b. One who outlives a child they fostered, adopted or raised as their own.

2. One deeply affected by the death of a child in their immediate or extended
family.

“When your child is taken from you, you are no longer ordinary parents…We become extra ordinary.”
– Larry Carlat (Grief for Guys)

When my daughter, Amy, was diagnosed with leukemia in 1999 I was numb and unprepared for the wild ride to come. She received modern medical treatment on-and-off for eight years; when she died, it was beyond excruciating. To make matters worse, there was no word to describe the totality of the experience I had been through…so I created one.

Like the single-word simplicity of widow, or orphan, I crafted the word lossent as a way of letting others know that I’d been through a major life experience– without sharing any of the details.
~ Lisa

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Lossent | (noun) |`loss–ənt

1. a. One who outlives their biological child. b. One who outlives a child they fostered, adopted or raised as their own.2. One deeply affected by the death of a child in their immediate or extended family.

1. a. One who outlives their biological child.
b. One who outlives a child they fostered, adopted or raised as their own.

2. One deeply affected by the death of a child in their immediate or extended
family.