A sad day

My son has a rat - a pet rat. She is white with a head that looks as though she dipped her head to her shoulders in creamed coffee. She has been a wonderful companion to he and myself. Today though she isn't doing so well. She has a tumor - common among little critters like her. Her personality hasn't changed, but the full left side of her head is numb and blind. We knew it was coming, we knew her life was going to be short. That knowledge has lead to many conversations and explorations in regards to the cycle of life and what it really means to loose someone you love. In my own world the small child that dealt with her fathers death at 4 1/2 is watching, listening, and learning from our discussions. The discussions my own mother was grieving to heavily to explain with compassion and understanding like I can do now. I feel as though I'm explaining to myself the process I know so well, and making sense of it throughout the stages in my life where I've lost someone dear and close. Aunts, Uncles, Grandparents etc.

They say that you learn much much more than you anticipated when you teach someone something you know well. I think when were on the other side of this I will be a stronger person, and my son will have a skill set for dealing with death that will help him throughout his life.

Links to good media to share with children on this topic :
Fall of Freddie the Leaf - http://www.amazon.com/Fall-Freddie-Leaf-Story-Life/dp/0805010645
Mr. Magorium's Wonder Emporium - http://www.amazon.com/Mr-Magoriums-Wonder-Emporium-Widescreen/dp/B00128VA76/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=dvd&qid=1234977432&sr=1-1

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