So even stickers can turn a good day...Into a bad night.
As we left soccer practice...
Ben spotted a mini van...
It's back window was covered with one of those adorable stick people families...
He looked up at me and said,
Are we ever going to be able to get stickers like that?
We don't have a dog or a Mom anymore.
I guess we probably can't get those.
What could I say?
I tried to say...
We are a family...
We have a Mom...
She's in our hearts...
But he wants the family everybody else still has...
A Mom and a Dad...
A couple of kids...
And a happy ending...
I know what he means... we had our own version that fit our family better (skull and cross bones, like a pirate with a patch for the boys, and a bow for the girls) shortly before we lost him he sold the car that had it on. We were going to replace it, but never got around to it... my youngest has asked if we will get it again... and when I ask if he wants to he responds quickly with yes, but then pauses thinking of how to portray dad... we could put dad on top, like in heaven...
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