Good Night

Each night before the kids go to bed I tuck them in and talk about their day. I ask the same few questions every night to get the conversation started. How was your day? Anything exciting happen? Did you find yourself frustrated for any reason? Did you eat all your lunch?, etc etc. Usually I hear about the new kid in school, who dominated the handball court or who has a crush on who (which I'm sworn to secrecy on BTW)
But last night, while laying with Kristen I learned much much more, I learned that that my baby girl, all of 7, is so grown up and has the heart and soul of a mature adult. She's so in touch with her (and others emotions) it's amazing.
As we were discussing her day she told me" Mom, I was really sad today at lunch", naturally I asked her why. She then told me about one of her friends (in another class, that I do not know). She told me that her friend seemed really sad so she asked her what was wrong. This friend then proceeded to tell my daughter that her mommy is pregnant and last night (a few days ago now) she got into a car accident. She said "my baby sister died". This alone breaks my heart, but the capacity at which these two 7 year olds discussed this traumatic event is what amazed me. Kristen told me "I'm very sad for her, can we bring her flowers"... We layed there and cried together.

 Words can't express how much these night time chats with my kids mean to me.