Maile: Do you miss your Dad?
Me: mmhmm.
Maile: Do you wish you could see him?
Me: mmhmm.
Maile: Did you get to say good bye?
Me: Nope.
Thinking…
Me: Well I suppose I did, but I didn’t know I was saying goodbye.
Maile: You didn’t know he was going to die?
Me: Nope.
Me: Even if they told me, I didn’t really understand what that meant. That you never get to see that person again.
Maile: Well I understand.
Me: Yeah…it’s just when it happens to you it’s kind of hard to imagine.
Maile: I would pretty much cry every day if it happened to me.
Me: Yeah…I pretty much did.
Bless her heart.
Laurie says
So very sweet of your girl, and so very sad you lost your dad.
Leah Elizabeth Locklear says
This so is heartfelt! It must be tough to have that talk. I couldn’t imagine! ~Leah~
Jessica says
Sweet girl. :)
Jennifer Hall says
Aw man. I worry about this for my kids.
Tonya says
I know these conversations oh too well. Sadly.
Sending you love. xoxo
Kat M says
Oh darn you for making me tear up! That is one sweet, empathetic girl you have there; may she never change
Kir says
The boys have started asking too, since Giovanni’s middle name is my dad’s and Jacob’s is John’s deceased dad’s name.
and I think as they get older the conversation will be just as achingly real as yours was. Yet, Kat, it was a beautiful talk, a beautiful share and for you to be able to share those memories with your children (even if they never get to meet their Grandpa) is a gift in itself.
thank you, so much for sharing this talk with us.
Robbie says
This makes my heart ache for you.
Betsy says
I am so glad I haven’t had that conversations with my kids yet. It was tough enough explaining when a church family member died. :/
Alecia says
What a sweet conversation though hard. It amazes me the conversations that occur out of no where with my kids and how matter of fact they are. One time, it was the anniversary of my grandmother’s death and my children never knew her and I hadn’t really talked about her to my daughter because she was like 3 1/2 at the time. My daughter crawled up in my lap that day and said to me “you miss your grandmother don’t you”. It was like – how did she know? Just out of the blue when I hadn’t spoken about what the day was or anything. I consider these little conversations gifts.
Sam says
She needs hugged. I was older than you were when I lost my dad, but I still miss him terribly.
Andrea says
What a sweet girl. I love that she is thinking about how she would feel if that happened to her. So sorry about your dad. Much love to you. xoxo