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.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2018



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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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