Comments on: The Question Revisited

By: Mina

Mina — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 13:25:15 +0000

It fills my eyes with tears when thinking of how beautifully and gently you touched this very thorny subject with your children.
I wish I have children of my own some day and be as inspired and comforting as you.

By: The Steadfast Warrior

The Steadfast Warrior — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:03:50 +0000

These two posts remind me that I will one day go through this with my daughter. Thank you Mel for sharing your touching moments.

By: Mrs. Gamgee

Mrs. Gamgee — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 01:55:14 +0000

So powerful, Mel… thank you for this window into your family.

(now I need to go find some tissue)

By: battynurse

battynurse — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 04:05:34 +0000

Wow. Beautiful post. It's so easy to forget (especially if your not around kids often like me)how perceptive little kids can be. It's amazing.

By: Mer

Mer — Fri, 05 Jun 2009 02:03:27 +0000

Unbelievably moving post. It brought me to tears. Simply beautiful.

By: Faereyluna

Faereyluna — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 17:03:48 +0000

Ok crying so hard it is making it hard to type. This subject really hit me hard. I lost my Father when I was 4. So I understand the reality that you face when you are a toddler and realize that you could lose a parent.

I was not old enough for the talk before my father passed away so I was kind of slammed with reality.

Mel, you did a good job.

Hugs,
Adela

By: Photogrl

Photogrl — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:50:24 +0000

I'm crying at work, too...

I love how intuitive you are with your children, and honest. And the line about recongizing traits of you in them...It's such a love-hate moment. I love that I can see some of me, but I don't want her to hurt because of me.

Beautiful post.

By: niobe

niobe — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:41:45 +0000

Lovely post.

And it made me think that ever since that Bad Thing happened to me a couple of years ago, death — my own or anyone else's — doesn't seem nearly as frightening as it once did. After the first death, there is no other. Or something like that.

By: nancy

nancy — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 15:29:40 +0000

A very moving post Mel…

Do you remember when I explained the fact of dying and what happens to the body after death with my then 4 yr old? I told her about me wanting cremation and scattering my ashes in the ocean. When hubby came home, she said "Daddy, guess what? When mommy dies, we're going to set her on fire and throw her ass in the ocean!".

By: birdsandsquirrels

birdsandsquirrels — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 14:38:02 +0000

Oh Mel, this post is beautiful and heartbreaking. I often imagine the conversations I will have with my not yet in existence children, and the conversation about death is one that I am already dreading so much. I think you handled it so beautifully and with so much love.