post #13
..March.27.2008..
A three-year-old girl has been asking her parents deep questions. Right now, the question is about death. And how do you explain that concept to a babe? There are some books on that topic, but for that young, we couldn’t think of illustrated aides – perhaps finding a book of “Grandma died,” but how do you explain the concept of “her body’s here, but she is…. no more?”
While my co-worker took care of that, I had the joy of researching the size of the average Caucasian woman during the Civil War. I can tell you this much, that without proper registry with healthcare, women’s stats weren’t as prevalent until the early 1900’s.
I also had a woman who needed me to help her find templates for letters of disciplinary action (HR goodness). I could really tell she wanted to spill out what this said employee did to the business. And I didn’t realize how difficult it was to find tailored reprimanding letters.
I thought I envied you your job but having to find texts to explain death to one so young is hard to even contemplate, let alone do. You do what I consider to be an important job well and sensitively by the sound of it.