Re: My current Guilt

[Barbara Lowe]

time to get the book Fall of Freddie the Leaf. that's what the grief counsellors always told the parents and teachers to read to the elementary school kids for help in explaining the circle of life. It will definitely be at your local library. i'd also suggest having a little funeral for the mouse to help your son. have you also read him the poem about the Rainbow Bridge?  and even qualified animal rescuers don't save all teh animals they rescue so dont' beat yourself up over this. and what was that really weird book Gary Larson wrote about a little girl who thought she was helping to rescue some reptile and do the totally wrong thing to save it?(like it was not a water animal and she put it in the water so it drowned)  you in essence did "no harm" other than kept him from being part of the food chain when some predator would have found him in a weak condition and ate him instead. barbara