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Written by EastAmherstGrampy
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Wednesday, 16 September 2009 06:42 |
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While I'm sure your son hasn't grasped the finality of what has actually happened with his big black pooch, it sounds like you're on target with his grasp that "something's missing."
When he's a bit older have a reading session of "Freddie ..." with him. In fact, it can be repeated several times. It really is such a wonderful story of the cycle of life. Cudos to you for keeping that book in your library.
When our son was older, perhaps starting when he was 9, he and I shared many conversations about "what happens after you die." The topics ran the gammut of faith based scenarios to astrophysics. The discussion was never with a thought of "what is right or wrong". but rather what made sense to each of us ... what gave us personal comfort. There were no judgements pronounced at all.
On the death of his grandpa, my 9 year old son walked up to the grave of the grandfather he loved, and bent down to place a pack of treasured "football cards" onto his grandpa's grave and said, "I know you'll like these." His grandpa was such a fan! It didn't matter to my son whether or not there was really a heaven ... it mattered that his grandpa thought there is one and at 9 years old he honored grandpa.
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