Talking about death before hand and made sure to take time to spend with him
1. Used the word die not put to sleep
2. Explained why and answered any questions they had
3. And stopped talking about it when they did
4. Said goodbye at the vets
Wanted to show the kids there were different ways to grieve and that's ok
Its ok to not be ok
We encourage our children to feel the loss
We allowed them to see us dealing with the loss
We printed pictures of Toby
We keep him alive within our memories by talking about him
We find things to laugh about (things Toby did)
The girls prayed for another dog- we feel it's better to full grieve before ‘replacing’ him

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