Lost in the Clouds: A gentle story to help children understand death and grief (Difficult Conversations)

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However, no matter how much he tried to push Chan-il away, the young man kept getting closer to him, and Skylar didn’t hate him. [30] At some point, he developed romantic feelings for Chan-il and started taking pictures of him due to a conversation between him and his sister. [5] Meanwhile, with Chan-il, he tells his friends about Skylar, which causes Cirrus to laugh hysterically, while Ji-Gyeom curses Skylar. Cirrus tells Chan-il that he understands where Skylar is coming from because he had already told Chan-il to leave him alone before. He asks Chan-il if he’s trying to befriend Skylar out of pity because Skylar is alone all the time. Cirrus continues that if that’s the case, then Chan-il shouldn’t do that, as it could be annoying from Skylar’s perspective, especially since he had already told Chan-il to leave him alone. Chan-il then feels guilty about his actions. [22] You can almost feel and see how Billy is sad and heavy not only for himself but for his Daddy, too. This is something we don't realize with children; THEY LOOK TO US ABOUT HOW TO ACT/REACT. at school skylar and cirrus aren’t very fond of each other and academic rivals with cirrus knowing skylar having a major crush on his best friend chan il.

Later, everyone is getting ready to go to the auditorium to watch the talent show. As Cirrus is counting, he notices Skylar is missing and goes to tell the teacher. The teacher explains that Skylar stated he wasn’t feeling well, so he let him stay in the room to rest. Cirrus, wanting to see Skylar, asked if he could go to the restroom. [24] Meanwhile, with Skylar, after texting his worried friends, he calls Ha-yeon and asks how the situation is at home. [25] Ha-yeon explains their mother has become frantic because she thought he was having a relapse. Skylar tries to explain that is not the case, and Ha-yeon tells him she’s scared the two will start arguing again. Skylar reassures her that won’t happen and that he’ll try to explain things to her when he gets home. Then, he hangs up the phone. After he finishes talking to her, he thinks about how and when his life began to fall apart. As he does so, he scratches his finger. He thinks about it for a while, and the only conclusion he comes to is the middle school incident. He thinks about his hatred for Minwoo, and accidentally peels a piece of his skin off in the process. As he’s staring at the blood, he realizes that even though he still hates him, he still loves Minwoo. After he wipes the blood away, he falls asleep. [25]In their last year of middle school, Skylar and Minwoo joined the soccer team of their school, but Skylar was a menace on the team. He was exceedingly aggressive towards new players, one particular player that he antagonized, both on and off the field, was a young man named JoonHo. [51] One day, Minwoo invited Skylar over to his house to play a video game on his brand new console, also his parents weren't home. Due to this, the boys decided to drink some of Minwoo's father's whiskey. While the two didn't plan on drinking the entire bottle, they ended up doing so and became incredibly intoxicated. Minwoo had seemingly passed out on the couch at some point, while Skylar kept drinking. [52]

This moving and sensitively-written picture book gently explores grief and teaches children how to deal with their emotions surrounding the death of a loved one. With beautiful and colourful illustrations to accompany the touching narrative, this children's book is perfect for adults to share with their little ones and to help them understand what they are going through. Skylar freaks out as Cirrus begins counting the number of gray hairs on his head. Skylar tells him that he’s lying, and Cirrus tells him that he’s right, it was lint. Cirrus tells him to hold still, so he can find more, but Skylar tells him that he’ll just shake it all out. While the two are talking, Jeong-hoon watches their banter. [41] He becomes too creeped out and walks away. After he has left, Skylar turns around to request that he tells Dongsik something. However, he stops mid-sentence, realizing Jeong-hoon has left. On a rainy day, Skylar asks Dongsik if he is mad at him. Dongsik tells him "no", however, this only reaffirms Skylar’s suspicion that something has changed. [37] As Skylar is walking home, he tells himself he isn't dense. Even if they don't say something is wrong, he knows when there is something wrong. He knows that they're trying to distance themselves. He wonders what he did wrong, as he thought he was getting along with them well enough. Then he begins to wonder if maybe the problem is that there's something wrong with him. As he thinks this, he remembers when Minwoo and he had fought. Skylar begins to cry, confused as to what to do. [37] Sometime after joining the photography club, while Skylar was putting his photos up on the board, Chan-il commented on them. He complimented Skylar’s photos and took the opportunity to introduce himself. While he was doing that, Skylar realized that Chan-il resembled nothing of Minwoo, yet he still kept seeing Chan-il as Minwoo. [30] Due to this, Skylar told Chan-il to leave him alone, speaking bluntly and almost impudently. After that exchange, Skylar went to vomit in the bathroom. [30] While at school, Skylar is holding the last meeting in the photography club before finals. He explains that the festival is taking place right after finals and that they do not have much time to prepare. He asks Dongsik if he brought the photos for the festival, as the first years wanted to start getting ready for the exhibition today. Dongsik explains that he forgot to bring them, however, he did print them. Skylar stares at him for a moment, before requesting that he bring the photos tomorrow. Dongsik sighs in relief, and quietly tells Chan-il that he thought he was going to be in trouble. Chan-il tells him to not forget to bring them tomorrow. Chan-il looks at Skylar and notices he seems to be in a good mood.aBereavement |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85013296 |vJuvenile literature. |0https://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh99001674 Cirrus thinks about what Skylar had said to him about telling him what he wants from him so Cirrus doesn’t need to be around him anymore. [27] This causes Cirrus to get out the flash drive that has the photos saved on it, and he thinks about what he wants from Skylar. He then tosses the flash drive away and tells himself that he wants nothing from Skylar. [27] i141402544 |b1110012028763 |dmrlji |g- |m |h1 |x0 |t1 |i0 |j300 |k220124 |n05-10-2023 21:04 |o- |a155.937 Tin