GOAL Magazine Summer/Fall 2019 Cover Story

The Jamie Cordial Hall Foundation Honoring Jamie’s Life and Providing Assistance to Children in Needby Dale Cordial

As life goes by, it is easy to get lost in our own worlds. Day in and day out we are busy dealing with our own problems and challenges, concerning ourselves with things that we think are important and always finding something to be worried about. Life carries on around us and sometimes we barely notice others or have any idea what they are going through, the burdens and heartache they may carry. I plead guilty. I was always so busy keeping up with four kids and three grandkids, my career and anything I did for fun that I never paid attention to all the pain and loss.

I never noted all the heartache until one beautiful Tuesday afternoon, God took my first born, my beautiful daughter to heaven in what seemed like an instant – no warning, no discussion, no chance to save her or trade places. She was gone, and without her I felt like I was gone. My heart was smashed into a million pieces, and I was crushed and

brought to my knees to the point that I could not breath and did not want to live. After such loss, nothing seemed important anymore.

Because of Jamie’s death, I was forced to learn about the medical situation that unexpectedly took her life: postpartum hemorrhage. I learned much more than I ever wanted to know. Most people perhaps

L to R (sittign) Nicholas and Jamie; (standing) Jason, Michele, Dale and Chad

Photo credit: courtesy of the Cordial family

assume that there is bleeding after childbirth, I learned that a postpartum hemorrhage can tragically occur as many as twelve or more weeks after childbirth. I also learned that the incidence rate of postpartum hemorrhage is increasing in the United States, particularly in Pennsylvania. For these reasons, I want to share our Jamie’s story in hopes that it can build awareness and help others.

Her story begins on Friday, September 21, 1979 at 8:06 a.m. when Jamie Lynn came into this world. She was a sweet, happy and loving child who grew to be the same kind of person as an adult. Jamie was the oldest of our four children. She had three brothers: twins Chad and Nicholas were born 21 months after Jamie, and then Jason came along three years after the twins. It was apparent from very early on that Jamie was not going to be pushed around by her brothers. In fact, she bossed them around on a regular basis.