This morning, Gina, Skylar, and I spent a few hours on the couch watching people honor the memory of the victims and heroes from 10 years ago. The TV coverage was really well done, but I had the sense that Skylar wasn’t retaining/understanding any of it (I was wrong).. Anyways, fast forward to the end of the day (after a great day of BBQing with good friends, riding bikes, the playground, coloring, etc), Gina was tucking Skylar into bed after I read her a couple of books.
I was sitting outside in the hallway eavesdropping a bit, since I was really interested in the conversation.
I missed the first part of the conversation, but the remainder went something like this…
Skylar: Mommy, why did that man fly da plane into houses (buildings)?
Mommy: Skylar, those were really bad men. There are some bad people out there.. Not everyone is good
Skylar: Running inside the classroom is bad. Running is only for outside.
Mommy: Yes, that is bad. But that doesn’t make you a bad person. These people were bad people.
Skylar: Mommy, were you scared?
Mommy: Yes (Gina was across the street from the Pentagon on 911)
Skylar: Did the building fall on you mommy?
Mommy: No, I was far enough away
Skylar: But other people did get falled-on and died?
Mommy: Yes…
Skylar: A lot of people died Mommy…
Mommy: …Yes…
Skylar: …That person on TV (from the morning’s coverage), her mommy and daddy died?
Mommy: Yes.. Skylar that was a long time ago, that’s not going to happen anymore. There are a lot of people to make sure that never happens again
but this is the part of the conversation that I remember the most..
Skylar: Mommy, why did they do that?……. Why?
Mommy:.. [silence.. no response from Mommy]..
Skylar: I love you Mommy…
Mommy: I love you too Skylar.. (kiss)
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I’m not sure we’ll ever be able to answer that last question for Skylar..
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Switching gears.. here’s a vid of Skylar rolling down a small hill in our front lawn..
And here’s a quick vid of Fenway begging for some attention..
Hope you all had a great weekend, and talk to you soon.
-pete
Wow, Skylar made me cry. Having a wedding to go to the next week made us know that life had to go on. Belated Happy anniversary. Forwarding imookie to Ben and Anna. Told them the bar has been set HIGH!
Love you, Joan
By: Aunt Joan on September 25, 2011
at 3:34 pm