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Tell Your Child Everything Please

What do you think happens when you die? I asked the sobbing 7-year-old. She could not quit though. She was in full-blown keening, wailing, shoulder shaking, lip quivering, keening, and screaming now, sobbing mode. Her very caring, loving, unselfish parent Had told her about the death of her Great-aunt Rose, whom she had Never met who Passed In 1965 this morning. It was the fifth time I had seen her this week as her great-great grandfather had passed in 1972, 74, 78, 81, and 85. Her mother, was the best story-telling drug addicted parent in the world apparently, and knew what she needed to do to keep lilttle one in check.

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Date: 4/15/2018 11:29:00 AM
Unbelievable what some children grow up and see as their reality. Sometimes one conversation with an angel called Caren is remembered throughout their life because it made such a impact in their mind and in their heart. Line xx
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/16/2018 1:16:00 AM
Thank you, Line. I do care, I really do, and the little ones love me and trust me because they KNOW.
Date: 4/15/2018 10:30:00 AM
I'm glad that woman wasn't my parent - must have been painful for you to observe this-
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/16/2018 1:17:00 AM
Not as painful as the time a mother brought me a sobbing 6 year old right after a car accident where she saw her favorite uncle lying dead on the freeway. Not as painful as that.
Date: 4/15/2018 2:57:00 AM
heartbreaking on so many levels Caren:-( hugs jan xx
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Caren Krutsinger
Date: 4/15/2018 3:10:00 AM
Thank you, Jan. I am so glad you noticed.

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