Family Life Movement

It's Ok to Not Be Ok with Matt and Jocelyn Woodrum

Episode Summary

In this episode, Matt and Jocelyn talk about the loss of their family pet, Toby and how they walked through the grieving process with their children.

Episode Notes

  1. Talking about death before hand and made sure to take time to spend with him
    1. Used the word die not put to sleep
    2. Explained why and answered any questions they had 
    3. And stopped talking about it when they did
    4. Said goodbye at the vets
  2. Wanted to show the kids there were different ways to grieve and that's ok 
  3. Its ok to not be ok
  4. We encourage our children to feel the loss
  5. We allowed them to see us dealing with the loss
  6. We printed pictures of Toby
  7. We keep him alive within our memories by talking about him 
  8. We find things to laugh about (things Toby did)
  9. The girls prayed for another dog- we feel it's better to full grieve before ‘replacing’ him

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