Two Weeks After Our Baby Died, My 8-Year-Old Whispered, “Mom, She Isn’t Gone—I Saw What Daddy Did at the Hospital”
No shrine.
No taboo.
When she was four, she asked:
“Is Melanie a ghost?”
I said:
“I don’t know if ghosts are real.”
“Can she see my toys?”
“I don’t know.”
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