A Time For Grieving

So, I plan on starting these blogs all off on happy notes, but that doesn’t seem to be able to be the case for today.  There has been a death in the family and we are going a few counties over to attend the funeral.  So, in lieu of the situation, I’m going to touch on some sensitive topics.  Death, more specifically for a child to deal with it.

When I was six years old, both of my mother’s parents passed away two months apart from each other and I had to go through the funerals.  Now, death is something that everyone on earth has to go through at one point or another, but at six, I had no clue what it really meant.  All I knew is that I wasn’t going to be able to see my grandparents ever again.

Then there was the actual funeral for both of them.  Seeing them both dead didn’t give me the closure that it does for some people.  All it gave me was more confusion.  I was only six, I had no idea why my grandparents weren’t moving or what had really happened to them.  Dealing with death for a child is a difficult experience.

Now, onto the reasons for my explanation, my son is only 7 years old.  Since he didn’t really know the deceased (his great-grandfather), we aren’t having him attend the funeral with us.  I know that some people would say that he should be there with us, but I would rather save him the pain of dealing with death at such a young age if I’m able.  I believe that a child should be able to just be a child for as long as they can.  Life hits you hard and fast and once it does, there’s no going back.

So, please keep us in your thoughts and prayers and I’ll return as soon as I can.

Enjoy life and have a good day.

B. McDaniel