A night before Kyra's field trip kids slept over at Nan and Pop's. At 4am we got a phone call from Pop, who said he needed to take Nan to the hospital because she could not breath. Jimmy walked sleepy kids over while I fixed their beds. In the morning Brandon said something about going to Nan's to get something and when I told him she was in the hospital, he looked at me like I was crazy. I guess it is hard to think when you are abruptly awoken up in the middle of the night.
To add to that, Mike's girlfriend Tonya passed away that week and funeral was supposed to be at the same day.
So, on the way to Lake Tobias, while standing at intersection of 39 and Hersheypark drive where you can see what is playing in Hershey Theatre and Giant Center, Kyra saw something about Elvis Presley. She asked me if we could go see them. I told her he died long time ago. She asked if Tonya died from the same as Elvis. From there she went like this:
- I am sure Uncle Mike is very sad right now. I think Dad can understand him because that is how he felt when Andrea died. He must have been very sad. If you or Dad would die, I would be very sad. And.. Nan is in the hospital. I really hope she will not die...because that will make me very sad...
You can say it is just normal thinking of 7-year old and I will have to disagree. What I see is that she made a connection. And it is emotional one. Connection between grief and compassion. I was impressed by that.
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