Death, for children :(

The father of one of my daughter's friends just died. Yes, I told her, she has been to probably one or two funerals a year since she was 2. Both my daughter and her male best friend are 9 years old.

We adults were drinking together on Halloween after the trick-or-treating was finished and the kids were enjoying the candy haul and playing. My daughter was crying, not for the dad that died, but for her friend who doesn't have a dad now. This, I DON'T have sufficient vocabulary to express myself at the moment. I have to take care of my daughter, because she will want to take care of her friend. I'm going to try to help the mom.

This hurts for everyone. I just needed to say this, somewhere. :-(