My neices just lost their dad

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I have two neices.
One is seven yrs old and one is nine yrs old.
Their dad died last Tuesday.
These are my sisters daughters.
My sister and their dad were divorced.
These girls spent every other weekend with their dad.
He was only 42 yrs old.
They have a stepdad but it is not the same.
I am a stepmom and if my stepdaughters mom died it wouldn’t be the same still having me around.
They are having a tough time.
These precious girls need alot of prayer.
I can’t even imagine how much they must be hurting right now.
I happen to be their godmother and am doing what I can for them right now along with praying for them myself.
The seven yr old told my mom that she has learned that she has to hug people for a long time because she doesn’t know if she’ll see them again.
Isn’t that sad?
I spent Tuesday with the girls and my sister and the nine yr old was totally unreachable.
My heart is broken for these sweet little girls.
Just please pray for them.
Thank you.
Karen
p.s. And please pray for the fiance of their dads and for my sister, too…thanks. And for their dads parents and sister.
 
My heart aches for your family, especially for your dear nieces. My only word of comfort is that children are far more resilient than we know. Hold them, hold them, hold them, both in your arms and in your prayers.

My prayers are with you.

Gertie
 
My sympathies to you and your sister’s family during this sad time.

This link is to a book that helped me a great deal in my grieving. The organization that publishes it used to have special newsletters just for kids. I don’t see the info on their page but maybe you can call them.
 
I’ll pray for them. One of my friends lost her dad recently as well. I can’t imagine what losing a parent is like:(
 
I am sorry about the lost. Their dad, your neices and family are in my prayer.

God bless.
 
Gertabelle said:
My heart aches for your family, especially for your dear nieces. My only word of comfort is that children are far more resilient than we know. Hold them, hold them, hold them, both in your arms and in your prayers.

My prayers are with you.

Gertie
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Exactly!
Thanks so much for your reply and your prayers.
They are doing okay but do have their moments.
Karen
 
Bruised_Reed said:
My sympathies to you and your sister’s family during this sad time.

This link is to a book that helped me a great deal in my grieving. The organization that publishes it used to have special newsletters just for kids. I don’t see the info on their page but maybe you can call them.
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Thank you so much!
I will have to check out that link.
I think the girls are greiving the most right now though today was the funeral mass and it was very hard on my sister, too.
Karen
 
sanctamaria17 said:
I’ll pray for them. One of my friends lost her dad recently as well. I can’t imagine what losing a parent is like:(
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Thank you!
I can’t imagine it myself.
Though I can’t imagine losing a child either.
The mother was a wreck last night at calling hours and was very solemn today at the funeral mass.
Karen
 
I will be praying for the precious girls and the other people you mention. Loss is a terrible thing. Give them a lot of hugs. The fiancee might be feeling particularly lonely. Maybe someone could visit her.
 
chevalier said:
I will be praying for the precious girls and the other people you mention. Loss is a terrible thing. Give them a lot of hugs. The fiancee might be feeling particularly lonely. Maybe someone could visit her.
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Thanks, friend!
I am trying to give my nieces extra love right now.
I have been praying for the fiance.
I don’t think it is a good idea to contact her about a visit because my nieces dads dad and rest of the family are very loving with the fiance.
And when it comes to my sister the dad, especially, is very cold.
My sister struggled with this obvious rejection the night of the calling hours and at the funeral.
It would hurt her for me to reach out to the fiance more than I have in the past two days.
I don’t want to do that.
I’m wondering if the girls dads family blames my sister for the divorce.
Y’know there’s always people who side with one person and people who side with the other.
There’s always two sides to every story.
But I do thank you for your prayers.
It means alot.
Karen
 
Take care and be well. You surely have good reasons not to contact her. I was just guessing. It’s good to see someone’s caring for her and it was certainly very nice of you to ask for prayers for her. I’m sorry to hear about what your sister had to suffer. Your nieces have a very kind aunt. 🙂
 
chevalier said:
Take care and be well. You surely have good reasons not to contact her. I was just guessing. It’s good to see someone’s caring for her and it was certainly very nice of you to ask for prayers for her. I’m sorry to hear about what your sister had to suffer. Your nieces have a very kind aunt. 🙂
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Thanks, again, for your kindness and good advice. I think my sister is going to be okay. She’s very strong. The fiance is a nice lady and has always treated the girls good. She even took them to a nail salon recently. And the girls dads family is good to the girls too. Time will make this pill easier to swallow for the girls. And in the mean time they have alot of support from alot of people who love them.
Thanks…
Karen
 
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