Catching Up

I've been off-grid for several days, and have missed posting on lots of happenings around Jovidom.  I'll catch up, don't worry :) but I needed these days for family time.

This past Friday, we lost one of my son's great-grandmothers, my grandmother-in-law.  This was his first loss of someone he knew and loved, and it was extremely hard on him.  My little guy is incredibly sensitive and intuitive, and the sheer sense of loss was a bit overwhelming for him.

He was a trouper at the funeral home; going up to the casket with Mr. Hath and me to say a prayer, and was stoic throughout.  When it came time, though, for the service, and his grandfather made a very touching speech, ending in tears, he started to get sad as he figured out what "dead" really truly means.

When he saw his father crying, that's when he lost it.

The services were yesterday (Monday) and we spent today traveling back home.  Everyone's settled in now, and for the most part, have gotten through the majority of the grieving.  He still has a few moments of sadness, especially as our current bedtime-reading selections were gifts from Grammy's personal library gifted to Hathlet this past Christmas, and she had read these with him over the years.  But, for every sad moment he has, we remind him of a happy memory, and he's learning how to process the sadness.

Over the next couple days, I'll be catching up, as I'm off work for "bereavement leave" to attend to Hathlet's and Mr. Hath's needs, and they're "mostly through it" now (Hathlet's words, not mine).

I just ask you to be patient, and to visit the BJCT if you need a little dose of Jovi.  I'll catch up with a deluge of posts soon.

I'll also be sharing more of my "Panic" story, as many of you have emailed and asked for an update (thank you so much for caring), but for now, I need to get a bit of sleep.  It's been a rough buncha days around Casa de Hath.

Thanks for understanding,
Hath