My child is truly hilarious. At the ripe age of 3, she has
comic timing down. Her delivery can be deadpan. And not because she doesn’t
realize she’s saying something funny. She knows she’s being funny, she LOVES
making me laugh, and can deliver it without cracking up. For instance, the
other night we were cuddling at bedtime, and out of the blue she says, “Mommy,
take off my fingers.”
“What?!”
“Take off my fingers,” she repeated emphatically.
“But how will you do things,” I asked. “How will you eat?”
“With a fork.” Not missing a beat.
“How will you hold your fork?”
She tossed the covers off her legs, stuck her feet in the
air, and declared, “With my feet.”
“How will you play with your toys?”
“With my feet.”
“Okay. So, every time you want to eat or play or do
anything, you’ll have to take off your shoes and socks?”
“Yeah!”
See? Hilarious!
Now for the advice request. One of our cats will be leaving
us in the near future. Our Woohoo (formerly known as Wilson) has a tumor in the
sinus area on one side. His nose is almost completely blocked on that side and
he’s got a constant sinus infection, despite being on antibiotics for a month
and a half solid. It’s just not an operable area on a kitty. Thankfully, he’s
still eating, drinking, and hanging out for cuddles. He’s definitely not his
usual self, but he’s not miserable enough to make the call to euthanize yet.
I’m looking for books to help Sunshine prepare for and deal with his death. I’m
looking for suggestions for books that deal with it in a secular way. I bought
her this book when she started asking questions about death recently. I like
it, but I want something that will be specifically about losing a pet, but
without discussing heaven or religion. I bought this book, and although I like
the way it handles the question of belief systems, I don’t think she’s old
enough to understand the concepts. I’ve started to prepare her a bit by saying
that I don’t think Woohoo is going to get better. That we have to take good care
of him, give him his medicine and wipe his drippy nose, and just be extra
gentle and loving. This REALLY sucks. Anyway, suggestions would be appreciated.
Sunshine and Woohoo napping together (OMG!) two years ago
7 comments:
She is a funny one!
I wish I had some advice, but I don't :( You have my sympathy though. We had to put both our dogs down last year (13 year old dog because of an inoperable tumor, and the 16 year old from age related illness) and it was hard. V is too young to notice that they're gone, but I can imagine that if he was old enough it would have been so much harder.
No advice but I'm so sorry about your kitty. Hugs to both of you.
Love her sense of humor! And geez, she's cute.
My sister's cat died unexpectedly a few years ago, when her oldest was about the same age as Sunshine...and I can't remember what she told him at all. I'll ask her if she had a book she really liked. So sorry about your sweet baby.
Mr. Rogers has a book about the death of a pet. We haven't read that one since our cat died when they were infants, but they, and I, love all of the other Mr. Rogers books about life transitions/difficult emotions.
P.S. Sorry to hear about Woohoo.
P.P.S. OMG 3 is so much worse than 2.
Uggh, so sorry to hear that. I wish I had some suggestions, but we're pet-less here for now and I can't remember what my parents told me when one of our pets died.
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