i knew this day was coming. it had to with my overly inquisitive wicked smart 3 year old who spends her sleepless nights dreaming up questions that i dont have answers to only to watch me grasp at words that arent there as i try and satisfy her curiosity. she has started noticing pictures around the house that she isnt in...baffling im sure for her as she comes to terms with the reality that as hard as it may be to imagine, there was life before gk. the other evening she noticed a picture of patrick and i in italy. she immediately came to discuss it with me...it went like this...
gk: did you take me to italy with you?
me: no, sweetie, you weren't born yet.
gk: where was i?
me: remember how before jack was here it was just the 3 of us? well, its because God was making him in heaven. thats where you were when we were in italy. God was busy making you in heaven, knowing one day He would give you to us.
gk: oh. and then He gave me to you.
me: yes.
gk: how?
me: He put you in my tummy to grow just like jack.
gk: silence.
me: feeling pretty awesome at the ease of this conversation and a bit overly confident that her question had in fact been answered to her level of satisfaction.
gk: mommy, if God is all the way in heaven, how did He actually put me in your tummy?
me: hmmm. thats a great question. do you want some ice cream?
gk: sure!
and that concluded our talk. i never thought id be that person that avoided the tough questions, but here i am offering anything to buy me more time and better answers.
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