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Wow MBY. I really like that post. I will have to say that it was true for me. My grandparents were definitely the influence for all good in my life.

And as I read the article, I thought back on the days after Grama's funeral. The middle granddaughter is 5. She spent a really large amount of time in my lap (scuse me *HUGH SMILE*) discussing where Grama was. Eventually, in Abby's words, Grama was not in that box in the ground, it was sort of like a mirror of a reflection of her in the sky.

Okay, so I didn't totally comprehend her ramblings about reflections in the sky from a Biblical perspective. But, it was so hopeful and peaceful for her that it was just totally cool that she could talk about it that way.

And in the midst of it all she said she really hoped that she was going to have a reflection in the sky someday too. I told her she could and talked about salvation and she said the prayer. :-) Right there in my lap in Grama's bedroom where I'd sat in Grama's lap through my childhood.

And I haven't told too many people that because lots of folks think 5 is just way too young. But, hey, she wanted assurance and that's what our Jesus is for.

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MBY: Yes, very cool post. One of the saddest stones I carry in my knapsack is that now none of my kids (that I may ultimately have) will know my Mom, nor my grandparents, nor they them. It's just not right, but it's how things are.

Such a touching post about you're granddaughter. I loved it. I don't think she was too young at all. And she probably really needed that kind of lap time with you.

For me it was my great-grandmother. She had a small apartment attached to my grandparents house. She had it filled with the most fascinating things. It was like walking into Bilbo's house, you know? She wrote music, she painted, she wrote stories. At the age of 75 she had a display of her paintings up at the Witte Museum, there in San Antonio. She belonged to an order of Fransciscan nuns, after she became a widow. And, she was my sponsor for confirmation in the Catholic Church. I still think of her ever day, and I ask for her guidance. She was something else.

lots of folks think 5 is just way too young. But, hey, she wanted assurance and that's what our Jesus is for.

I don't know why they'd think 5 was too young to learn about the saving love of Christ. After all, it was HE who talked about having faith like little children.