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Death of a Grandparent
Really don’t know how to deal with this at the moment - any help/advice would be much appreciated.
My 4 year old was looking through old pictures and saw some of her grandad (my FIL) before he passed away. Now she is absolutely inconsolable crying and saying she wished he wasn’t dead and she loves him so much.
I’m trying to reassure her and comfort her but I don’t know what else to say or do.
He died when she was 10 months old so she has no memory of him, just a few pictures of them together.
My husband is out and she never seems to brings it up when he’s home.
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Have you watched Andrew Garfield talking about losing his mum on Sesame Street? Give it a watch, may help?
I told my son that his nanny is up in heaven and she can see him and looks after him. She is a star at night too. Watching Up helped my son understand heaven x
My son thinks of it like sometimes people are not well enough to be on earth so they pass away and go to heaven but they feel a lot better up there, he told me he thinks they get a rocket up there and that’s how they become an angel in heaven but we see them as stars x
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I would try and explain in a nice way that he’s in a a better place and is happy where he is, may ease her upset a little ❤️🩹x