There are many things that you say to your children that you don't want to; "Stop That!" probably being the number 1 offender. However there is something that you never want to have to tell them and that is that their mother has died. This was my task on the 21st June 2014. I had been lent a book about Water Beetles and Dragonflies and this seemed to put it into a good context for me to help my kids understand. Isaac had stayed at his friends house overnight, so I went to pick him up and tell him. His , reaction was that of total shock, then the tears. Imogen too had stayed at a friends and she didn't come home until the afternoon. I took her upstairs and seeing her face melt with the words that I was saying was, well, heartbreaking.
The next few days all seemed to blur into one. All I can tell you is that the funeral was planned, financial affairs were started to be put into some sort of order (more about this at a later date) and life, well it just carried on. Isaac went back to School on the Monday, then the Tuesday was his birthday. Imogen & Hope went to the childminder as planned and then Imogen went to pre-school on the Wednesday.
Gradually the family migrated back westward, Martin first, then Jo and last but not least the fabulous Barbara. I will talk about rocks of various types in my next post. Until then, love to you all xx
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