Finally told Joanna about Emma

[alicenelson]

Aw, sweet girl.

[lime]

You did a great job handling this.

I'm sorry again for your loss.

[gingerjar]

Aw I'm glad she took it well

[sydney02]

Sounds like it went well. I swear losing pets is harder as you get older. Kids seem to handle it better. I'm sure it's been 1000 times harder on you

[sapphireblue]

I'm sorry about Emma but it sounds like she took it well. I agree I think it is harder on adults in many ways.

[MrsAxilla]

Just as a head's up, Ben was about J's age when when we lost a cat. He acted similarly when we told him - "okay, that's sad, can I have a snack?" He's eight now and he still has random bouts of delayed grief. They seem to come out of nowhere, but we comfort him and look at pictures. Talk about what a great life the cat had and how it's okay to be sad. Let's make sure we appreciate our pets while they're with us, blah blah blah.

It's tough, but it's life, you know?

[iamali]

I think in our heads we make it so much worse for them.

My boys were relatively unphased when their dad's cat died and I was shocked by it.

Glad she's taking it well.

Sent from my Fortress of Snatchiness

[zaneyzoo]

Sounds like you handled it well.

When FIL was sick with cancer, he had taken a turn. Dh and were so worried about how dd would handle seeing him. Turns out she did much better than we did.

I've learned several times over the past year that we don't give kids enough credit. Somehow they have it figured out better than we do.

I'm sorry about Emma.

[CurlyQ284]

I'm glad it went smoothly. Do you feel better?

I was anxious and hand wringing a lot before I told DS. After it was over, it was a relief.