brookepathakis

** spoiler alert ** This sweet book tells of Tommy's weekly visits to his grandmother and great-grandmother's house. Tommy is four, and his Nana Upstairs is ninety-four; they have some special time together. One day, Tommy's parents tell him that Nana Upstairs died the night before. They go to her house, and it isn't a Sunday. Tommy runs upstairs, and Nana Upstairs' bed is empty. Tommy struggles with the concept of death, but seeing a falling star reminds him of Nana Upstairs. My husband and I take our daughters to visit his parents every Sunday. We recently lost my husband's mother. Last Sunday, as my toddler ran into her grandparents' living room, she pointed to a chair and said, "Gamma." That chair is where her Grandma sat every Sunday, when we came to visit. Death is a difficult concept to understand, even for adults. I can never reach the end of this book without crying, yet this book is also a comforting story of a little boy's love for his Nanas.

2022-11-14 13:46