My daughter, 7, was very matter-of-fact about it (i.e. his time has come and he has departed for the Heavens to return to God) and therefore wasn't too sad. She could however see my sadness and understood it graciously. She showed deep respect on Prince Day and even contributed by making this drawing of him at the Superbowl Performance, originally posted on here.



More recently, I found a note on my desk. I am not sure if she had put it there intentionally, but it moved me.

This is exactely what she had written:

" Prince is was a man who does used to do concerts and my mum used to go and watch the concerts. He invented lots of songs."

On another day, we were discussing the topic of death (she had asked) and she was trying to determine why people die when they die. We were reviewing some examples and when it came to Prince dying younger than other people, she said, "Oh well for Prince that's different, he died because he was too "active"!" In a sense I think she had a point, about the fact that he lived life to the fullest. I just found it interesting that such a young child could pick up on this.

How did your children react?

Man.... it's funny cuz the first major thought that went through my mind as I was processing the news was "I'm never going to be able to take my Son to see him...." which was something we had really been looking forward to.

He was out w/ my GF and they came and picked me up after work shortly after... and he comes out of the car and hugged me hard and said, "Dad, I'm sorry. I don't want Prince to be dead... it can't be." Broke my heart all over.

He's 11 now and the 3 of us are planning a trek to Paisley in April.

paradise000 said:

Love this thread! Would like to post a drawing too, tried many times but didn't succeed. Could anyone point me in the right direction? Thanks in advance

Glad you like this topic! As for posting pics, there are different ways to post them, but I normally use Photobucket. Once a photo has been uploaded on PB, and after saving it, you will be provided with an html link that you can insert on here, after clicking on the little picture icon at the top of the post draft. I hope this helps.

Musze said:

Man.... it's funny cuz the first major thought that went through my mind as I was processing the news was "I'm never going to be able to take my Son to see him...." which was something we had really been looking forward to.

He was out w/ my GF and they came and picked me up after work shortly after... and he comes out of the car and hugged me hard and said, "Dad, I'm sorry. I don't want Prince to be dead... it can't be." Broke my heart all over.

He's 11 now and the 3 of us are planning a trek to Paisley in April.

I felt the same about never being able to take my daughter to see him live, and that part is still very hard to accept for me and she is herself very frustrated about it too, especially when we watch videos of his concerts together. I am also hoping to take her to visit Paisley Park next year.

kepurplehunter said:

Aaah This 1 Is Very Umma Hard Because She's GROWN NOW!! She Like Mom A Part Me Died With Him

Aww at least you can both understand each other. Did your daughter ever attend any of his concerts?

I was with my kids when the news broke. They knew I'm a Prince fan so they reacted really nice and truly felt sorry for me.I was cooking dinner for them and the had to wait a little bit longer as it took me some time to het myself together. I had to play some Prince-videos before i could go back to the kitchen

Since then, they have been more interested in Prince then before, asking me what i like, why i like it.

I also thought i would get the chance on al later time to take them to a Prince gig. Took them to other concerts but the price range on Prince Concerts made me think i should wait until they grew up a bit more to more appreciate it full....

All your kids sound exceptional, kind and, imo, very lucky because U loved Prince. From a young age they had the greatest experience of feeling your passion for his music. They felt it through you knowing that there's more than meets the eye. Thank U all for sharing your stories. My kids are older with kids of their own. But no matter how old they get, to me they will always be 'my kids.'

I had stopped at a thrift store, quick to check if any new funky clothes had arrived. Lots of the times I saw Prince at Paisley Park with only last minutes notice. No time to go shopping, I needed to stay ready. I had just seen him at the last show on April 16th. All of a sudden, I abrutly stopped looking, I had this feeling that I had enough for right now, I'll look later. I started the car and before the first traffic light my second to the youngest daughter called. She'd been to Paisley Park with me many times and I believe it was pivital in her healing from a TBI. Afterwards she joined the air force as a medic and now back in MN, a RN. She said: 'Mom did you hear the news? I said what news? Silence. I asked louder WHAT NEWS?......nothing but space...WHAT NEWS???? then after a long painful pause she said what I dreaded to hear. She asked me where I was and where I was going. I told her I was going home the half hour drive, as the flood gates opened and everything was a blur.

Still not wanting to believe, I never turned on a tv or radio, I only cried all the way home. Then it seemed, almost instantly, my two oldest daughters appeared. First the second oldest, the one I call the military one. She was in the air force too and now is a asst. Co. Attorney. She demaded to know what I was going to do, and it heated up rather quickly. Luckily my oldest daughter, a teacher, was only a step or two behind her. She was trying to calm us down and I asked if they thought I was going to kill myself or something. They looked at each other then looked at me and I told them right out I had no intention of doing that. They truly knew how much I Love Prince. But my spiritual beliefs make suicide out of the question, I think it'd set me way back. They asked me if I wanted them to take me to Paisley Park, several hours away. I said no, he isn't there, there's no reason to go now.

I was crying and asking them to just go and please leave me alone. They stayed for awhile to be sure I wasn't going to commit hairy kari or however it's spelled. Then for weeks I had daily calls checking just to make sure I was doing okay. Spending more time with me or asking me to come to their places helped a lot through those first few months.

I took them all to one of the Celebrations, with mixed reviews from them. Nothing against the music, only the organization of events. They really are fans of Princes' music, some more than others. My right eye now seems to have a permanent purple line slanting down from the corner, like a long tear drop. I didn't realize it til people started asking me how I got the black eye

Thank you for sharing your lovely stories everyone! I think that as much as we have all found it hard to let go of Prince, Prince himself would have probably liked to know that we are all still taking good care of ourselves and of our loved ones.

And we need to remember that.

I was waiting to pick my 9 year old daughter up from school when I seen news starting to break on Twitter etc on my phone around 3.15 pm UK time.

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As we got outside the gates she asked what was wrong as I froze to read more updates. When I told her the rumours her little face dropped and she hugged me.

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She only really likes a couple of his songs (Like A Mack and Fallinlove2nite) but of course knows how much of a fan I am so was a bit upset for me. The next day she made me a purple iPhone cover/case with 'PRINCE - Purple Rain' wrote on it.

dodger said:

I was waiting to pick my 9 year old daughter up from school when I seen news starting to break on Twitter etc on my phone around 3.15 pm UK time.

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As we got outside the gates she asked what was wrong as I froze to read more updates. When I told her the rumours her little face dropped and she hugged me.

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She only really likes a couple of his songs (Like A Mack and Fallinlove2nite) but of course knows how much of a fan I am so was a bit upset for me. The next day she made me a purple iPhone cover/case with 'PRINCE - Purple Rain' wrote on it.

How sweet of her Thank you for sharing!

oliviacamron said:

My son is jealous. He's 9 years old. Prince's passing has taken up a lot of my time and I'm just not the happy person I was before he died.

HURT!

Hurt that they cant see MJ or Prince live.

Prince's passing devastated my 10yr old son--but also made him even more grateful for his experiences with him. In 2012 one of Prince's staff handed him a Tourbook during the Brisbane concert (he was only 5 then) and told him to 'stay funky kid'.

Then Prince made him feel so special earlier this year when he pulled him up on stage to dance in Sydney. He has become so much more confident in himself ever since that happened. He is happy that he was able to make Prince laugh and smile though.

On the day that Prince passed away we received the Sydneyapolis bootleg and were able to re-live the concerts we attended, so that helped ease his pain a little.

misslisa1979 said:

Prince's passing devastated my 10yr old son--but also made him even more grateful for his experiences with him. In 2012 one of Prince's staff handed him a Tourbook during the Brisbane concert (he was only 5 then) and told him to 'stay funky kid'.

Then Prince made him feel so special earlier this year when he pulled him up on stage to dance in Sydney. He has become so much more confident in himself ever since that happened. He is happy that he was able to make Prince laugh and smile though.

On the day that Prince passed away we received the Sydneyapolis bootleg and were able to re-live the concerts we attended, so that helped ease his pain a little.

How wonderful misslisa1979! The same thing has happened to me in 2007, but for your son to experience this so young, what a mind-blowing experience it must have been for him! Some memories for both of you to cherish forever!