Here is a conversation Reagan and I had as I was putting her to bed last night. She was stalling and wanting to “cuddle” so I started by telling her she would stay home for the next couple of days. It went like this:
Me: “Hey Reagan, you only have one more day at Sadie’s tomorrow and then you’re going to stay home with Mommy & Daddy for four days!”
Reagan: “That’s a really long time! Why will I stay home for four days?”
Me: “Because Addy and Bubba’s Great Grandma died and they have to go on a trip to go to her funeral.”
Reagan looked up at me with her big brown eyes and said knowingly, “Addy and Bubba’s Great Grandma died ---- on a cross?”
Me: (stifling a smile) “No Honey, she died in a hospital. People don’t die on crosses anymore. That was a special thing Jesus did for us a long time ago.”
Reagan: "Why did Addy and Bubba’s Great Grandma die?”
Me: (winging it) “Because Sweetie, she got very, very old and when people get really old, sometimes they die. Their bodies are empty and their hearts go to Heaven to be with Jesus.”
Reagan: “Yeah...... when they get really, really old Grandmas die in a hospital sometimes....... But I’m not old.”
Me: (hoping she won’t be afraid of death?) “Nope, you’re not old! You’re not a Great Grandma, either!”
Reagan: “Nope, I’m not old!” She pointed at me, and with a big smile she said, “But you are!”
Me: (too defensively) “Rea-gan! I’m not old!” and then I tickled her a lot just to make her remember that 30 is not old!
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I said something to Addy about leaving today and Reagan goes (with her most serious face and wide eyes...)"yeah, because Addy's great-grandma died...in a hospital." =)
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