Life and Death 死與活

Life and death are hard to understand for little children. Our daughter is fortunate that she still has both of her grandparents 爷爷,奶奶,外公,外婆who are alive and well. But she had her first taste of death with the passing away of a goldfish her friend had given her on Sunday evening.

She brought a "friend" over for our daughter's goldfish and we put him into the bowl. He seemed to be doing well for a while, but passed away late the next morning floating on the top of the bowl. Unfortunately, the deceased was tossed into the garbage can by mistake, but I helped her make a marker to stick in the ground outside for her fish. The 2nd photo is a closeup of the 1st where her writing "魚(fish) friends with (heart) 魚 (fish)" is clearer. At least we could help teach her a little something about the grieving process.