The day Daddy went to Heaven - May 30, 2013

I am posting this for our family book. I want my kids to be able to look back at this and be thankful for our family memories. Good and Bad Memories. I think that this day will be forever etched into their minds. 6 months after this day my baby girl Alice who was almost 3 years old saw this dress on her bed under some clothes and said when I was a tiny baby I weared that dress when daddy was buried. My heart melted that this was her first thought when seeing this dress. They remember more than we give them credit for that's for sure.

The daddy left us and went to heaven as the kids would say. 

         

         

         

         

         

         

                                             

                                             

The kids went to the family viewing because I wanted them to have some sort of closure. In my heart I wanted them to know that daddy did not just leave us but that he was sick and his body could not get better so he went to heaven to be with Jesus. Alice really thought and said numerous times that daddy was in the hospital getting better because that was what she was told for the past month. I think it helped to actually see daddy one last time. The only other experience with death/heaven for them was our sweet kitty Bella. She went to heaven when Wells was about to turn 3 and he still to this day talks about her.