Lily’s Grandpa Is an Angel eBook
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TextSeries: Lily’s Grandpa Is an AngelSubject(s): children and loss | Children and Grief | Grandparents | Childhood BereavementOnline resources: The book is available to download for free from this link Summary: Originally from Barcelona, Maria has lived with her husband and two children in Gortahork for the past 16 years. The story is inspired by her own personal experience of COVID-19 bereavement following the death of her father in Spain last year.
Through its 20 illustrated pages, we see a little girl whose grandpa has died, trying to console her heartbroken mother through her belief that he is an angel with superpowers, having fun and watching over his family.
Maria says, “I had written it last year when I was in the depths of bereavement. My daughter would see me crying a lot, and she tried to console me and cheer me up by telling me my dad was an angel, and also drawing him as an angel, and both combined really lifted my spirits. According to her, angels had superpowers, had fun and they watched over us. It was her efforts, her empathy, her caring ways and her wonderful imagination that really inspired me.
The book is one of 11 projects to receive support through the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) Seed grant scheme in partnership with the Creative Ireland programme to support artists, craftspeople and community groups to explore the themes of death, dying and bereavement through creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Originally from Barcelona, Maria has lived with her husband and two children in Gortahork for the past 16 years. The story is inspired by her own personal experience of COVID-19 bereavement following the death of her father in Spain last year.
Through its 20 illustrated pages, we see a little girl whose grandpa has died, trying to console her heartbroken mother through her belief that he is an angel with superpowers, having fun and watching over his family.
Maria says, “I had written it last year when I was in the depths of bereavement. My daughter would see me crying a lot, and she tried to console me and cheer me up by telling me my dad was an angel, and also drawing him as an angel, and both combined really lifted my spirits. According to her, angels had superpowers, had fun and they watched over us. It was her efforts, her empathy, her caring ways and her wonderful imagination that really inspired me.
The book is one of 11 projects to receive support through the Irish Hospice Foundation (IHF) Seed grant scheme in partnership with the Creative Ireland programme to support artists, craftspeople and community groups to explore the themes of death, dying and bereavement through creativity during the COVID-19 pandemic.
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