My husband died in April leaving behind 2 amazing children and a huge gap in my life. Tomorrow is our wedding anniversary which I can't mention to my kids as they have had to deal with enough firsts already. First kid in their class with a dad with terminal cancer, first funeral, first birthday without a dad....but I'm so sad. They've seen me fall apart and whilst they are amazing they are struggling in different ways. Neither want counselling and I can't lay this out to them but I don't know how I will get through tomorrow. No-one else will mention it but with school holidays and no structure to the day I don't know how I'm going to manage to hold it together. My kids are 12 and 15 and have enough hormone driven grief without me adding to it. I guess I'm not looking for any answer just needing to type it out to help me face how hard tomorrow will be.
Hi YT3
I hope today isn't as tough as you feared yesterday. I hope you've managed to do something nice with your kids even if it was just coffee and a cake or a walk in a park.
Kids are far more resilient than we parents give them credit for so perhaps tell them its a hard day for you but also one that holds memories of a special day too.
sending you a huge virtual hug.
love n hugs
Wee Me xx
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