Louise - Finding Black Dane Book 1 by Susan Valentine

Author:Susan Valentine [Valentine, Susan]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2017-04-19T04:00:00+00:00

Chapter Nine

“Louise, I think you should take some time off from school to get over the loss of Mom,” Dad said. “You need time to grieve. Would you like me to call Mrs. Carmichael?"

“Yes, please,” I said, my voice choked with sadness.

I don't know how to cope with all this.

When the baby came home from the hospital, I had to focus on looking after him and there wasn't much time to think about the fact that Mom had passed away. He was gorgeous and so tiny, like a little doll. I felt very protective and did my best to care for him, but I was nervous.

“Don't worry, you will do just fine,” the friendly maternity nurse assured me. She came every day to help us look after our new little baby the first few weeks.

“I'm so glad you came to teach us how to feed him. I don't know what we would have done without you,” I said.

“I'll teach you everything you need to know about looking after a baby. How to prepare his bottle of milk and how to go about feeding it to him and then getting his wind up after he has been fed. Caring for your baby is going to keep both of you busy.”

After a month we had learned how to handle little Martin and the nurse said, “I think you are doing well now and have a good idea about how to look after the baby by yourselves. However, I will still come and check on you twice a week.”

“Thank you so much for your help, we appreciate it very much,” Dad told her as she was leaving one day.

It was a demanding job and every night I fell into bed exhausted. I think Dad did too. But it wasn't only the work wearing me out. I worried a lot, about doing the right thing with Martin. I tried to push the grief of losing Mom away, but it still stuck in the back of my mind.

One morning when Dad and I were sitting having breakfast, I decided to talk to him about how I felt. I had already been up early, bathed Martin and gave him his bottle. I was now dressed in my uniform, ready to go to school.

“Dad, I'm trying hard to move forward, but the sadness of Mom not being here anymore, sometimes overwhelms me, even though I thought I had dealt with losing her.”

"That happens to me too, Louise, the sorrow comes flooding in over me in waves when I least expect it, but I don't think it will happen so much as time goes on. You shouldn't push your sad feelings away. It is better for you to deal with them at the time." Dad looked at me and I saw the sadness in his eyes.

“Oh, Dad, that's not going to be pleasant, but I suppose I've pushed the grieving away and made myself busy with other things, but it still hurts.”

I didn't like Dad’s solution. When the

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