coping

we told Lynzie and Lillie about Carli on sunday, and this is how it went:

we picked the girls up from their dad's on sunday afternoon. Lynzie ran up to me, hugged my stomach, and said her usual "hi, Carli!" so, i said "we are going to talk all about Carli when we get home." she said okay, got in the car, and chatted about her normal 5-year-old things... about her nail polish party with aunt mandy... her fun weekend with daddy... her new shirt that says "daddy's little love bug" and Lillie's new shirt that says "i ♥ daddy". (isn't my ex so awesome?... ugh) plus, both girls were super excited to get home and see the new bunk beds we got them (which proved to be a huge distraction for them from the Carli stuff).

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