Where Are You Now?

Where Are You Now?Just as the sun sets to make way for the rising moon, or snowflakes melt only to return as fog and mist, things that disappear in nature often reappear in different forms. This picture book uses this simple but powerful metaphor of disappearance and reappearance as an entry point for talking with children about death. Drawing examples from natureseeds, stars, and even the growth of children into adultsthis book provides a bright and joyful framework

it doesn’t have to be a lifelong struggle

her young cousin Lizzie is facing an uncertain future as one of the first children to undergo open-heart surgery

If someone we love is seriously ill

so we stay away

knowing that healing is possible even in the face of profound loss

but also may seem impossible or even frightening to break

Some children respond well to verbal discussion about their feelings

How do we explain to our little ones that their beloved pets have gone home to be with the Lord

A Gentle Book About Feelings by Lynn Bennett Blackburn

This is true whether the loss is a family member

and comfort in the connection of sharing these meditations with countless others

From Sara Cassidy