A month and a half ago Chloe lost her grammie to cancer – she passed away so quickly, Chloe didn’t really get to say goodbye properly. Because of that she may seems happy to everyone but there are moments of sadness and doubt that would overcome her during the day. So I monitor closely to make sure that she is emotionally taken care of – and to make sure I am there for her when she is sad or needs a question to be answered.
Although PB said it is normal for her to be grieving and I know it is – I find that he is more relax than i am with Chloe emotionally, maybe it is a man thing – but I have to double up and do PB’s part as well. Just a few weeks ago, she asked if grampie is going to get married again? Today she asked if I was going to die and leave her – she said she was worried. I promised her that I loved her too much to die and then caught myself from saying more – because I’m sure her grammie didn’t want to leave her too – so as parents we have to watch what we say – and how we explain things to a child – who is only 8 yrs old and dealing with death for the first time. Please pray for Chloe – pray that she can find comfort and that she will only think of the good times she had with grammie.