Two Weeks After Our Baby Died, My 8-Year-Old Whispered, “Mom, She Isn’t Gone—I Saw What Daddy Did at the Hospital”
Important.
Toby did not need:
Dad prevented Mom from seeing your dead sister.
He needed his own terrifying misunderstanding corrected.
A child grief counselor from Saint Vincent spoke with us first.
She advised:
Use direct words.
Died.