This weekend provided for me and Mark the latest challenge in parenting - explaining death.
On Friday, Logan had his preschool orientation at Maple Grove Church. We took the opportunity to visit his Aunt Missy's grave while we were there. For those of you who don't know, Mark's sister died of cancer in 2006 at age 34. Logan had a hard time understanding why he couldn't physically see Miss. We explained that she is now an angel in heaven who watches over him but he still didn't quite understand.....what a tough one for kids to "get." This was also a pretty emotional visit for Mark and I, because we realized that Logan had, in fact, remembered Missy and her "pretty red hair" as he said.
This morning, we found Logan's pet fish, "Blue", dead. Logan said, "But I don't want Blue to die, I want him to swim." It was completely heartbreaking. We had a little service for Blue at the toilet and Logan did the honors of flushing. Now, however, he doesn't want to use the potty for fear of "peeing on Blue." Sigh........... No one ever said parenting is easy. On a happier note, Mark took Logan to PetSmart to pick out a new fish. This one he has affectionately named "Batfish."
On Friday, Logan had his preschool orientation at Maple Grove Church. We took the opportunity to visit his Aunt Missy's grave while we were there. For those of you who don't know, Mark's sister died of cancer in 2006 at age 34. Logan had a hard time understanding why he couldn't physically see Miss. We explained that she is now an angel in heaven who watches over him but he still didn't quite understand.....what a tough one for kids to "get." This was also a pretty emotional visit for Mark and I, because we realized that Logan had, in fact, remembered Missy and her "pretty red hair" as he said.
This morning, we found Logan's pet fish, "Blue", dead. Logan said, "But I don't want Blue to die, I want him to swim." It was completely heartbreaking. We had a little service for Blue at the toilet and Logan did the honors of flushing. Now, however, he doesn't want to use the potty for fear of "peeing on Blue." Sigh........... No one ever said parenting is easy. On a happier note, Mark took Logan to PetSmart to pick out a new fish. This one he has affectionately named "Batfish."
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