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Last weekend I bought "my son" sidewalk chalk
It was so fun that I kept asking him to give me more assignments. Should I draw the five balloons? (from a Hebrew children book) Do you want me to draw aapje (monkey, his beloved softy)? And what about Pino (big bird from the dutch seasame street, I am not sure he is blue in the English version and in the Hebrew version he doesn't exist).
He, of course, wanted them all and I could draw and color!
I don't even remember doing that as a child! what a shame..
Then I took some photo's of Denzel and Benji, the dog of my mother in low. He is 15 years old and not in a good shape. I thought, who knows how long we still have with him, I should take pictures for the memories after he is gone...
I only didn't realize it will be so soon. When we cleaned the caravan we found blood in the kitchen and yesterday my mother in low took him to the clinic and they said he must be put to sleep immediately because he is dying (cancer probably) and suffers.
Next weekend we're going again and I am not sure how to tell Denzel that Benji is not going with us. ever again. How do you explain these things to a 3.5 years old child?
Benji 1994 - 2009. we'll miss you. rest in peace.
5.5.09
Matters of life and death
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My daughter who is 3 loved my parent's dog. When he died I let her know he was going to be in heaven (try to find Dog Heaven by Cynthia Rylant, a sweet children's book). I told her that Ollie would always be watching out for her and even though we can't see him, he will always be alive in our hearts to make us smile. It helped and we often talk about him. If the dog was sick and hurting your son might be comforted by knowing he feels good now. hope it helps.
i'm sorry you lost benji - i think it's best to say it simply and not try to go into detail or long dicussion - children will ask when they have questions. that is how they come to terms and reason through things. they must process things at their own pace not at yours.
Thank you for sharing, it helps.
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