An unimaginable experience: breaking the tragic news to my children

Daddy Blackbird #5

Evie and Ada hugging while on a walk in a nearby field

Telling Evie her dad had killed himself remains the hardest thing I’ve ever had to do.

My sweet, innocent, nine year old daughter was about to have her world blown to pieces, and I was the one holding the bomb.

Despite searching for any possible reason not to tell her, while my own life had shattered before me, I knew that there was no putting it off…