Need to let go

[littleGTO]

I have to agree with FY. I thought about this a long time before talking to my kids. Their thoughts about H leaving b/c of their grandma dying were off base and I wanted to set them straight.

Their g-pa just had brain surgery. Their auntie just started chemo. I didn't want them thinking that something else "bad" was going to happen in their lives b/c their relatives are sick.

Although they weren't asking, I felt they needed to know. I needed to be honest with them. And, I felt I did this in a way that was not demeaning or blaming to H. Rather, just stated what happened. The truth. H's actual words, not mine.

I will not tell them about OW b/c they are too young & there are a lot of reasons why this would not be in their best interests, but I feel they previous thinking might lead to misinterpretations of what.

I don't understand how this isn't "fair" when it is the truth. They deserve some of the truth, I believe.

Thanks for your thoughts, labug, PoN, Tallula, and FY!