- Talking about death before hand and made sure to take time to spend with him
- Used the word die not put to sleep
- Explained why and answered any questions they had
- And stopped talking about it when they did
- Said goodbye at the vets
- Wanted to show the kids there were different ways to grieve and that's ok
- Its ok to not be ok
- We encourage our children to feel the loss
- We allowed them to see us dealing with the loss
- We printed pictures of Toby
- We keep him alive within our memories by talking about him
- We find things to laugh about (things Toby did)
- The girls prayed for another dog- we feel it's better to full grieve before ‘replacing’ him
Matt and Jocelyn’s Links:
- Join us in the Family Life Movement FB Group to continue the conversation.
- Family Life Movement Website
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