Still Thankful

We spent thanksgiving day with family. We spent the early afternoon hours with Rob's family eating dinner and late afternoon enjoying pies and treats with my family.It was great to all be together.But late in the evening we got some very sad news. A uncle of mine has been fighting a long battle with cancer for almost a year and had passed away. I knew that he was very ill and no longer strong enough to take radiation treatments. I was prepared for this. I was not prepared to tell Hunter.How do you tell a child that someone has died again? Hunter has experienced death before but it was with a step uncle that was very young and my husband's cousin who to was very young.This broke his heart and he cried for months. He didn't want rob or me to leave him afraid we would die. It is such a terrible thing to have to tell a child .I just thought here we go again.I cried for the fact that I had to tell him again that someone he loved had died .When I finally got that heart to tell him, He said "oh no mama and sobbed. I sobbed for the fact that I couldn't heal his little broken heart.Today he is doing fine and playing. I'm so thankful that he took it a lot better than I had expected.Because I was truly expecting the worst.Even though we received some very sad news on Thanksgiving day, I'm still thankful for today and everyday.