Done

The hardest thing yet I've had to do as a parent was done yesterday when I sat down with Ian and told him Snoopy had died and explained death and life in general. He cried a little and asked me questions and was just wonderful, as always. No surprise there. I was surprised at how well I explained the situation.

I had researched online how to tell a child about a pet's loss but didn't write anything down or practiced in my head what I would say. I didn't plan the moment - it just seemed the right time when it came - and I just let the words come out, one by one, and they were, well, perfect.

Surely I was just the instrument. Those words came out of my mouth, straight from my heart, but they were all from God really. No surprise there either. As the Bible says "To God be the glory!" (I've always loved that saying!)