We had quite the traumatic experience on Monday. Since we had been gone for a long week and other people were taking of our cat and rabbit, as soon as Sarah got home from school she went outside to see Pyrate, the rabbit her and Kathryn saved up for and bought just over 4 1/2 years ago.
She came running back in crying hysterically. Saying, "Mom Pyrates not moving. He's just laying there with his eyes open and not moving!" We both knew he was dead and she couldn't stop crying. Her animals are her best friends and she was devastated.
After many hugs and lots more tears, her and Kathryn decorated a coffin for him and decided where to bury him. Sam had the honors of putting him and after digging a hole we had a funeral service for him.
We talked about life and death and heaven. It was a lot of comfort to her then we each put some dirt on his "coffin" and Sam filled the hole up.
It might seem silly but Sarah has felt so much better about it and even though she gets a little teary eyed still she says he will be waiting for her in heaven and she is very excited about that!
1 comment:
that stinks about pyrate. what happened?
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