When my boy was 3 our cat died.

I’m not religious so I explained that once you die that’s it.

He had questions and I answered honestly.

He was pretty upset for a few days and then periodically for a few months.

In hindsight I think he was too young for the truth, we should have given him a gone to live on a farm type story.

That’s the problem with being a parent, you only get 1 shot at it with each kid.

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It ain’t easy. Thanks for sharing my friend 👊🏼💜🗽

I like to say "They live on in our mind from now on". In a bit more detailed way, explaining the beauty that is the image of someone or a pet, remaining inside the fabric of our brain after they die.

Living on within those neurons as long as we keep them there. Makes you also want to cherish those thoughts more.