Grief Like Waves of the Ocean: Navigating the loss of children

Friday, October 15, 2021 ~ Updated 2:38 PM

Robin King and her husband, Jamie King, had two sons: Andrew and Parker. According to Robin, Andrew King, the older of the two, was the life of the party. Known for being friends with everybody and having “the most distinctive laugh” in his high school graduating class of 2018, Andrew lived life to the fullest. Parker King was known in the Jackson community for loving baseball, but the first thing his mother says about him is that he was a hugger. In December 2012, 10-year-old Parker passed away after an UTV accident. Then, almost 9 years later in January 2021, Robin received a call that 21-year-old Andrew had passed away.

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