Watering the Flowers
We've been stopping by the memorial to water the flowers because it's been so hot and dry this week.
The kids have so many questions and comments about Grandpa:
"Are we standing on him"
"Where did he die?"
"Was he sick?"
"Maybe he was just passed out"
"How did they know that he didn't just pass out?"
So I did my best to answer all their questions, and then Leo throws out his real concern about dying... "Mom, who is going to feed me in Heaven?"
We added a flag to the flower bed, and then the next time we came back we bought Grandpa a pinwheel, oh and the kids got one too! We watered the flowers and then the kids watered any real flowers/pots in the surrounding memorial markers. They are really sweet kids.
Later that week, we stopped in again, and the kids wondered why to which I said that Dad hadn't been there in awhile. So Leo says, "Dad, he's dead."
Oh my gosh, I don't think I laughed so hard... as if he may not have known. You gotta love kids!
