My two oldest children from my previous marriage lost their half brother in May of 2004 to an accidental drug overdose. This was my former step son that these kids spent holidays, weeekends, and summer breaks with. It was devestating to them both but somehow just especially hard on my oldest daughter.
She had lost her Grandfather who she was very close to six months prior to that.
Last school year she lost a class mate unexpectedly to a brain tumor. Not a super close friend but a class mate that was in the 7th grade one day and gone the next.
I came home yesterday from picking up my youngest and found Ashley crying at the kitchen table. She had found out that a friend, a boy she had a crush on last year was found dead on Tuesday. They believe it was a suicide.
I beilieve that my God has a plan and it is at work every day even through our pain. It's hard to help a child understand that when she has been through so much loss.
When I tried to comfort her about this boy this morning, she told me he was Muslim.
I will ask my pastor to talk with her about it, but I had no idea what to say to her to bring her comfort?
I am asking that you keep us in your prayers. Please pray for comfort and healing for my daughter Ashley. Please pray for the right words to come out of my mouth to help her!
Thank you!!
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