Doctor Who thing: using the Doctor to explain death to a child

davidtennantregeneration

I might have something in my eye. From Jef With One F at Art Attack:

We walked to the bench that bears Kat’s name. Shaded by a tree, it over looks the tombstone proper, inscribed with her name, dates, and lyrics from “You Are My Sunshine.” I remember carrying her coffin to this spot like it was yesterday.

“This is a cemetery,” I told her. “It’s a place where we put the bodies of people who have died. Your Aunt Kat, who has your name, is buried here, and I like to come here to think about her and tell her that I still love her very much. I wanted to bring you here today, so you could see the place.”

My daughter crawled up onto my knee as I knelt. I was crying and my voice was hoarse, and she put her arms around me.

“Maybe she’ll regenerate,” she said.

Go read the rest. Bring Kleenex.

(If you stumble across a cool Doctor Who thing, feel free to email me with a link.)

share and enjoy
               
If you haven’t commented here before, your first comment will be held for MaryAnn’s approval. This is an anti-spam, anti-troll, anti-abuse measure. If your comment is not spam, trollish, or abusive, it will be approved, and all your future comments will post immediately. (Further comments may still be deleted if spammy, trollish, or abusive, and continued such behavior will get your account deleted and banned.)
If you’re logged in here to comment via Facebook and you’re having problems, please see this post.
PLEASE NOTE: The many many Disqus comments that were missing have mostly been restored! I continue to work with Disqus to resolve the lingering issues and will update you asap.
subscribe
notify of
0 Comments
oldest
newest most voted
Inline Feedbacks
view all comments