This needs a name

Maybe we are just wrong and misguided.  Fortunately for us, we do not face this ourselves.  We can only imagine what it is like to have lost a child; for that important piece of your heart to be ripped away, leaving only emptiness.

And we once heard that there is no word for this condition.  There are words for losing a parent or spouse, for divorce and many other scars and conditions that come along.  Why is that?  Or more importantly, How can we change that?  Because with a name comes identity.  A way of connecting.  A way of establishing this and discussing it.  We believe in the power of language.  We hope that this can help.  That is all we want to do, find a small way to help.

And we adopted the word: orphate.  It is a play on orphan, but no more than a simple similar-sounding word.  We make no claim that it is perfect, but could do no better.  We created the Orphinity Facebook page.  And we are trying to see if others might agree.  We will start by trying to build support through "Likes" of that page.  If there is support, there are other steps planned along the way.  But we need to know that this is helpful.  Because we are not doing it for ourselves.  We do it for others.  We have made lame and futile offers in the past, asking if, "There is anything we could do?"  There never is anything.  Except, maybe just this once, this little thing might be helpful.  Please let us know.