“One day Matt and I were sitting in the lounge, he was busy drawing and at the same time talking about his dad, and he said ‘I really miss daddy’.” covid19 son family Cape Times
, a children’s book based on the experiences of seven-year-old Matthew English from Mitchells Plain, tells the story of his grief, and the memory of his father Noel who died on January 17 this year, as a result of Covid-19.
Matthew’s mother Alicia recalled: “One day Matt and I were sitting in the lounge, he was busy drawing and at the same time talking about his dad, and he said ‘I really miss daddy’. I then decided to ask him questions and he went on to speak about what a great dad he was; he was busy drawing pictures of himself and his dad and our family. I recorded everything he said which basically became the story.
She said this happened while she was having parallel conversations with God and seeking to find a higher purpose in Noel's death. Together with an illustrator, she got to work developing the characters and getting it ready for launch on Noel’s 46th birthday on August 25.
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