Be open to questions. Reminisce about the person who died. Encourage, but do not force a child to attend the funeral. If a child has died, reassure your youngster that most children grow up and live to be old. Assure the child that God shares our sorrow and will help us.
Children know that nothing is more important than love.
Something caused me to reach out and grad hold of live and love. While there may still be difficult times, people who have come to terms with grief find strength within themselves and look to the future with hope. Amy Florian was widowed at 25 when her husband was killed in a car accident. I remember feeling that I would never be happy again. Thankfully I was wrong.