Chapters
Shattered Bond
Dive into the heartfelt chapters of “Shattered Bond—The Life of Marvin Clarke.” Each chapter of this heartfelt memoir takes you on an emotional journey, exploring the impact of Marvin’s life and the heartbreaking grief that followed his untimely death.
1
What could be the worst of the curse? Ask the parents who have lost their child. What was it like to live a life after you bid farewell to your…
2
What was it like to breathe while your heart desired to suffocate yourself to death? We learned this the day we could not protect our only son, Marvin, against destiny’s…
3
With every passing day, we have learned a truth that was worse than any curse—life does not stop for anyone, and as much as this truth broke us, we…
4
Our terror was in nowhere, ready to end. How were we supposed to live with the truth that the nights of torment were never going to be cut short? People…
5
Our mornings are still the same, yet our lives have changed entirely. We are no longer the people occupied in our schedule; instead, we have started cherishing every moment, and…
6
The day we first heard of our son’s departure, it seemed as if we had lost our only reason to live, but who could have thought that a child whose…
7
Now that we have come a long way in our journey of grief, we can finally make out all the mistakes we have committed while going through the deluge of…
8
Since the passing of Marvin, we have always thought about how fast life changes—usually in the blink of an eye. One moment, you are sitting at a dinner table…
9
There was not a day when we did not feel the pain of Marvin’s early departure. It was no less than someone ripping our hearts away or someone piercing our…
10
Now as we continue to
navigate this journey of grief, we have poured out hearts in writing this, we take a moment to reflect on…