What an exhausting day of sadness, loss, and processing. The tragedy of losing Thing Two has eaten our hearts away. I told Bean at around noon. The rest of the day was spent with me helping her deal with this tremendous loss. It is her first really conscious experience of death and losing someone she loves dearly. I have had to help her process all the usual devastating realization, most notably and painfully the fact that she will never see her cat again. So much hurt and pain. I basically... read more
