My youngest daughter is 16.  She was 13 years old when she found out her Dad was dying.  She was 14 when he actually died.  I’m sure it goes without saying that every moment of her life since the day she found out he was sick has been a challenge.  A challenge that most adults would be unable to manage, and yet this girl manages.  She is resilient, for sure.

I could tell you all sorts of horror stories that happened to her in the months since her Dad became sick and in the months since he died, but there are just too many.  So here are the highlights in a nutshell:

She didn't know how to cope.  She became very angry.  From her perspective there was really no one here for her.  She felt like she was being treated like a baby.  She felt lied to and betrayed and she became even angrier.  And while it is so easy (for adults) to understand why my daughter would be so angry, unfortunately her friends did not.