Not all new things are good things. Experiencing first hand the fragility of life is an example. Funerals are not enjoyable, not exciting and certainly not something a young child needs to know about, but they happen. We are all mortal, and unfortunately we learn far too regularly just how mortal.
I was 18 when I went to my first funeral.
It was my grandmas. I remember certain things; what I wore, the way the sky looked, how many people came along, how fragile life felt. There are a lot of things I don't remember. Dylan won't remember anything from his first encounter. He won't know that he brought smiles- a new life, uncorrupted and aside from tragedy. He won't remember how I held him that night, never wanting to let him go. But he was there. Life is fragile and bad things happen to good people. Without wanting to sound cliched 'live every moment like it was your last'
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I was 18 when I went to my first funeral.
It was my grandmas. I remember certain things; what I wore, the way the sky looked, how many people came along, how fragile life felt. There are a lot of things I don't remember. Dylan won't remember anything from his first encounter. He won't know that he brought smiles- a new life, uncorrupted and aside from tragedy. He won't remember how I held him that night, never wanting to let him go. But he was there. Life is fragile and bad things happen to good people. Without wanting to sound cliched 'live every moment like it was your last'
