The Kids View On Last Week

I always find it very interesting to see how Brandon will view the world. To him it really is Brando's World. What I think will bother him doesn't and then something I never expected will pop up. I tried very hard to explain things to him and Lauren all last week. Each night I would describe what they would see. What they needed to do and what they didn't have to do. Still we had issues. This biggest for Brandon was not being on his regular schedule. He kept saying "It's on the calendar!!". He seemed to know he was missing T-ball, swimming and school. At the viewing, I had told them they didn't need to go near the body. I didn't want to freak them out. They both seemed drawn to her. I'm not big on viewings. Don't want one for me. Brandon's big freak out was all the people. Too many that he didn't know. Luckily, they had a room downstairs with games and videos to watch. Not many people went down there and Brandon was able to handle then in the small doses.

At the church we had another adventure I didn't think about. You see we're not Roman Catholic and Jim's family is. In this church the kids couldn't take communion. That upset both. They didn't understand and I forgot to mention it earlier. At the end of the service they started with the incense. Another thing I hadn't mentioned. They just kept swinging that thing and we were in the front row. Lauren looked at me and turned green. Then she whispered that she was going to be sick and we ran for it. Graceful, very graceful. At the grave site we had to keep a hand on Brandon. He kept leaning over to see into the hole. I had visions of him falling in. I was so glad when it was all over.