Update On Joanne

Dear Mike.

Thank you for sharing your experience with us. How amazing and beautiful. I’ve finally told Darren of Joanne passing, I wasn’t sure how he would take it as the death of Bandit the cat took 3 days to get over.

These are the questions that he asked of you and your family (He saw the picture of her in the paper)
Is that Joanne? - I said yes.
He said - she looks so beautiful with hair. (Darren has never seen Joanne with long hair)
Mom, look at her smile, she has a beautiful smile ...
WAIT - bonesy doesn’t have a mom ... Will he be ok? - Yes I said.
WAIT - All the Daquano kids have lost there mom. Will they be ok? - Yes I said
Do they know that she died (remember, he’s only 7) – I said yes, Mike told the kids and they said there good byes on the weekend.
Mom, will Mike be ok? - I said yes.
Mom, she was on TV wasn’t she? - I said yes ...
Mom, do you think she is looking down at us from heaven with a big smile like the one in the picture? - I said yes.
Mom, do you think she is happy? - I said yes because she is with her dad.
Mom, are you sad and did you cry? - I said yes, I cried a little (ok I cried a lot)
Mom, do you think that Tawny will be ok? - I said yes, Tawny will be ok (Darren doesn’t know Target – he used to play with Tawny at Robin’s house when she was a puppy)
I told him that she died the day after the cancer walk.
He said. "That is very nice."
Darren asked if I was walking again next year, I said yes.
He asked if I would walk for her and I said yes.

Our thoughts are with you and your families
Laura, Richard & Darren Pydych