Subject: RE: the tenth good thing about fridathank you all so much.
last night we had ella's drum concert. i was so proud of her. it took our minds off all that had happened today. when she came in with her class, she sat down. then, from across the gym, i could see she had started to cry. it broke my heart. it was a combination of stage fright (there were a lot of people there to watch ) and sadness. she didn't drum as much as she was supposed to, but she did sing. afterwards told her teacher she needed to be with her mama. she came over and cuddled up in my lap. after dinner, i gave her her new drum. she played the songs on it she had missed performing for us at the concert, which made us all feel better. then she played some songs in the backyard while we buried frida.
our other cat, otto, and our dog, greta, have both been wandering around the house sniffing at things. they have each other, but i think they can sense that frida is gone. before the funeral, greta sniffed the box frida was in. later, after she was buried, greta came back and sniffed everywhere trying to figure out where frida had gone. it must be very strange for them.
it was a very long, sad, amazing day. thanks for all your posts, thoughts, and condolences. |