An Eternal Void
The haunting specter of their infant daughter Karen’s passing had left an indelible and unspoken scar upon the Armstrong family. In the wake of this heart-wrenching tragedy, Neil retreated into a wall of silence, refusing to broach the subject and leaving Janet to bear the weight of her grief in solitude.
Mark, their surviving son, vividly recalled the pain that shrouded their home. “I don’t recall ever discussing her death within our family,” he confided to Hansen. “My sister passed away on January 28, coincidentally my parents’ wedding anniversary. They never celebrated it after that. It was a wound that remained open, a pain that refused to heal.” The family’s collective heartache became an unspoken yet palpable presence in their lives, forever shaping their shared experience.