Sibling Death

1. Mandy’s Story
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2. Mandy just had a birthday
Happy Birthday Mandy
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3. Mandy has a new baby brother
named Sam
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4. Now Mandy is a big sister!
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5. Sometimes babies grow differently
No one knows why this happens and it is
no one’s fault
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6. If the body grows VERY different and
it can not get better, it dies
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7. The body needs the heart to give
energy, to move, and to live
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8. No one can decide when it is time to die
Only God knows when this will happen
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9. When the body dies, the person does not
need it anymore but the stories about them
do not die
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10. Sam does not need his body anymore
but his love does not go away
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11. It is VERY, VERY sad
Mandy’s little brother Sam died
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12. When the body is dead, it is placed in
the ground in a cemetery
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13. But only the body goes into the ground, not
the love, stories, and spirit of Mandy’s baby
brother Sam
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14. The love lives on in Mandy, Mommy, and
Daddy’s hearts forever
The love never goes away!
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