Thoughts about great-grandma

This past month Maya went to her second funeral in a year. Without knowing it, she played a very important role in helping her whole family appreciate the lighter side of the life cycle. Now seeing "great-grandma a-sleeping a-box" has become part of her repertoire of things to ponder and mention daily, along with "the fish- move eyes- at the aquarium" (from a comment mom made during a trip to the aquarium) and "the lizard taking a nap" (from a comment mom made when we saw a plastic lizard that had been hit by a lawn mower). It's touching to see that the mysteries of life to a 26 month-old are not that different from those of a 32 year-old.