The Invisible String

Our good friend Becky brought over a gift for Evelyn.  It is a book called “The Invisible String”. 

The book talks about a string that connects people who love each other.  When we think about them it gives a little tug, and when they feel it, they can tug it right back.  It talks about strings that can reach all the way to those who have passed from this world.
So last night, we all sat on the couch.

I tied one string end of a string around Evelyn’s wrist.

And the other around Rowan’s.

And so they were bound by a string.

And we read the story.
At the end of the story I clipped the connecting string, leaving them with a bracelet.  One on Rowan’s wrist, one on Evelyn’s. I told Evelyn that even though the string we could see was gone, the love we have for Rowan won’t ever be gone.  We will always love him and he will always love us.
Shortly after, she got up and took her bracelet off.  (She’s not a giant fan of jewelry).  That’s ok. I kept her bracelet.  It sits in my jewelry box for when she is older, and we read the book again.  I am going to bind the pictures inside the book, along with an envelope for her bracelet.
After the book, Evelyn and Rowan and Doc and I all snuggled in our giant bed. 

She may not understand the string yet….

…but she held her sleeping brother’s hand.

because she does understand love.