Rachel is starting to dig deepr on this death issue…but this time a little more lightheartedly. I was driving her to school last week when she suddenly asked, “Where was Grandpa Jerry when he died?” “Did he say good-bye to Grandma Pat?”

I just couldn’t answer that question in that situation. To tell her that his heart stopped in a bathroom after taking a shower and no he did not say good-bye to Grandma Pat was pretty harsh stuff to lay on a child two minutes before dropping her off to school.

So, despite her insistence on getting an answer, I suggested we talk about happier things about Grandpa Jerry right then. I told her we’d look at pictures later and I’d tell her some stories.