kids and death
Posted: April 15th, 2021, 6:20 am
I discovered yesterday that a friend of my elder daughter was euthanised last week (we're in Vic Aus and it was in accordance with this)
She had been suffering from leukaemia since she was about 10
- it had been in remission periodically but it appeared to have returned with a vengeance
- so much so that this was the path chosen
She was 3 weeks past her 18th birthday and it was arranged to occur during the Easter school holidays
While I totally "understand" that this was the "correct" choice for her I find myself really saddened and angered
- and quite incapable of explaining the situation in a way that I find suitably answers the questions of my younger daughter (13) who also knew the girl through school and as her sister's friend
- her questions are just variations on "why?"
It doesn't help that this comes closely following the anniversary of a friend's son who took his life when the pandemic started (we've recently attended a deferred service for him as his funeral was just after restrictions were imposed last March)
I am worried about normalising "ending it all" as a coping strategy
- sd
She had been suffering from leukaemia since she was about 10
- it had been in remission periodically but it appeared to have returned with a vengeance
- so much so that this was the path chosen
She was 3 weeks past her 18th birthday and it was arranged to occur during the Easter school holidays
While I totally "understand" that this was the "correct" choice for her I find myself really saddened and angered
- and quite incapable of explaining the situation in a way that I find suitably answers the questions of my younger daughter (13) who also knew the girl through school and as her sister's friend
- her questions are just variations on "why?"
It doesn't help that this comes closely following the anniversary of a friend's son who took his life when the pandemic started (we've recently attended a deferred service for him as his funeral was just after restrictions were imposed last March)
I am worried about normalising "ending it all" as a coping strategy
- sd