Amy Dawn Belcourt

Sarah'S Garden (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Paxson, Chris

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

After I heard the tragic news that one of my day care families had lost their little eight-year-old girl, I thought that their world was over. She was the most energetic, sweet, loving big sister anyone could ask for. I had the pleasure of working with this family for a year while I worked in a kinder program. Ever since that day, I knew there was really nothing anyone could do to make their pain go away. I thought and I thought, How can I help children understand that this does happen, we cant stop it, and we dont know if it will happen to our family? When children think of losing someone, they think of grandmas and grandpas, when they get really old, or family pets that go up to doggy heaven. But the reality is that death can happen at any time to anyone of us. The family had started a garden in their backyard. Family and friends contributed to planting, adding decor, gathering there for special events and sharing memories. It is beautiful. I lost my grandma when I was very young. Soon after that, it was my moms and dads aunts and uncles who would pass away. Another funeral here, two more there. By the time I had reached the age of twenty, I am sure that I have been to more funerals than I could count on my fingers and toes. Then when Dad passed, it really hit home. Do children really understand this when it happens? We teach them that the loved ones that we lost are angels looking over us and making sure we make it through our days, in which it is okay to cry over them. And although we cannot see them anymore, they are watching over us. It helps, but for how long? This book is not long. Its not precise to every little detail about our tragic events. Its short, its sweet, its sad, and its real. Death is real no matter how old a person is. Its real.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: AuthorHouse
• Seitenzahl: 18
• Erscheinungstermin: 27. Juli 2015
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781504924498
• Artikelnr.: 52597943

Autorenporträt

I was born and raised in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada. For as long as I can remember, I loved to write, draw, paint, basically anything that lets me be creative. (My mom and dad always said, "Now if you applied that effort to your other subjects, you would be golden.") I brushed it off and continued doing what I loved most-my art. I have a very close family, who has supported every decision that I have made. My number one is my family. After I graduated high school, my dad got sick. We lost him in October of 2001. After that, my world changed. I realized that it's not all sunshine and lollipops, but we make each day thereafter. We live, learn, and grow from the past. I'm a happy person. I like to help others, and my friendships are very important to me. I love the outdoors, the animals, and my alone time. In 2002, I started working with children. I absolutely loved it. I got to get back down to that level and get creative and use my imagination again. I worked in two centers and ran two of my own day home programs out of my house. In all the years, I have become very close with the children I cared for and their families. Some I like to call my best friends. The children, throughout the years, have taught me so much about who I am as well as who I want to be. I will be forever thankful to my "littles." I currently work for a home builder in Grande Prairie and expanding my new career with my creative side and taking an interior design course. Seems I keep getting opportunities in my life to keep up with that creative side that I love so much. Cheers!