Our Gigi...

This week Zoe's Gigi (Great-Grandma) died. 

We are having a celebration of her life at her home

22902 58th Ave W. Mountlake Terrace 

Sunday, October 12th from 12:30 -4:30pm

How to talk about death with a nearly 3 year old?  I found myself not sleeping over this question. We ended up finding a couple books, including a book called I miss you (a first book of death).   Zoe found the books before I was ready to read them without crying, but I pulled myself together and was able to read them to her.  She had several questions, and related the picture of the elderly woman to Gigi.  Then I told her that her Gigi died.  That was the end of talking about death and she was off playing with something else.  

I wasn't even sure if she got it,  but did tell Daddy that that Gigi died.

We have much work to do today, so I need to sign off for now.

Love to all, 

Amanda