“Mom, why is everyone sad about Opa?”
“Because Opa died, Mija and we miss him.”
“Can we go see him?”
“No, we can’t sweetie.”
“Can we still love him?”
(Holding back tears) “Absolutely. We can still love him.”
“But we can’t hug him anymore?”
“No, but we can blow him kisses in heaven like this.”
“But can we blow him kisses if we’re wearing lipstick?”
“Yes, we can.”
“Mommy. I want to put my kisses in an envelope and give them to his heart.”
(Gets an envelope from the desk.)
“Will you hold this open while I blow my kisses into it?”
“Of course.” (On the verge of losing it, because oh my God, so precious.)
(Blowing kisses into the envelope.) “*kiss* One *kiss* Two *kiss* Three *kiss* Four *kiss* Five…”
She sealed the envelope and as she did an wave of emotions swept over my entire body. I was on the verge of an emotional breakdown of epic proportions. I took a deep breath in, bracing myself for The Ugly Cry when she held the envelope up.
“Mom” She said “can you please hold this? My butt itches and I need to scratch it.”
Emotional breakdown averted.
LOL! I am glad she made you laugh when you needed it!
Rarely do I actually laugh out loud when I read something, but I loved the surprise ending and really did LOL.
Aww! I had tears in my eyes reading that. The I laughed till I was still almost crying but for a different reason.
It’s always startling when you laugh out loud from something you read on the computer. Internet-ing is such a quiet activity (usually) so when a sharp, unrestrained guffaw blurts out, it’s..rather pleasant, actually.
Thanks for posting.
That was just perfect in every way.
I. Just. Love. That. Kid! Absolutely priceless! 🙂
Tee hee hee! I laughed hard at that one. She’s adorable!
We lost my mom recently and I have been lurking on your site and commiserating in your grief. Reading this I started crying and then immediately reverted to laughing so loud my kids came in the room to see if I was ok.
Thank you for that.
Oh, thank you.
THAT has GOT to be the best cute kid story I’ve read in a long time! Thank you for sharing it with us.
Precious.
Motherhood is a rollercoaster ride. Kids seem to be able to pull the rug out from under us and then give us a illow with their humor, innocent, and precious natures.
I am so sorry for your loss.
Wise kid Sweet kid.
How beautiful.
How great for her that she could make you (and all of us) laugh instead of cry. 🙂
Thank you. I woke up in a terrible mood this morning and I was completely down in the dumps until I read your post. I laughed out loud sitting here all by myself.
I went from crying to laughing on this one! Fantastic post.
That was so sweet….and hilarious. They always know just what to say. 😉
Kids are awesome! Thanks for sharing a beautiful and hilarious story!
She is hilarious!! Beautiful little girl with a big heart and a great sense of humor.
Children are SO wise, when my dad died my 5 year old said ” so, why is everyone sad?”
“Because we will miss Papa”
“Well, we can still remember him, he was very sick, he hurt, now he doesn’t, he is well…what’s to be sad about?”
Sometimes they say exactly the right thing….hooray for itchy butts!
Oh, what we can learn from children. Love this post! And so sorry about Opa.
🙂 !
Ha. That was a PERFECT Monday morning blog entry. Where can I sumbit that for winning something? Honestly. I was all getting teary myself and then WHAM! Perfect. Thanks!
Awesome. I bet Opa was laughing, too!
Oh, I never actually laugh out loud… but I just did! And, my laughing made the baby laugh!
Thanks for the 2 for 1 mood lifter!
I really LOVE that kiddo of yours! She is priceless!
That was amazing. You daughter is amazing. My 13 year old daughter thinks G is the cutest thing ever. If she is in a bad mood I play the number opera video for her and we both end up laughing. She also randomly starts singing the number opera herself now. I have to thak you for helping me survive my daughters teen years!
dont you just love her to pieces…..
shes just keepin it real with kisses and butts 😉
That was the most adorable thing I have read in a while.
First I started to tear up, then cry, and then laugh out loud. That is frickin’ hilarious and I thank you so much for sharing it. I needed it!
OMG! that is the funniest thing I have heard in a while. Kids are so great!
osh. . . precocious. I’m sorry about your loss.
That was perfect Y – you totally had my heart in my throat and then I laughed it up and choked. LOL
Oh, she’s GOOD.
AWESOME! Love it. If it weren’t for the toothbrush in my mouth and my desire to keep the drooly toothpaste spit inside, I’d be howling outloud! So great.
Crying and laughing at the same time. Gotta love kids.
It’s the funny moments in the depths of despair that keep us going. God bless our freakin’ funny kids.
Hilarious and exactly why I love kids. They’re so brutally honest.
So, so funny. I’m very sorry for your loss.
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Found you through Five Star Friday. This is my favorite kind of post because it gets me all misty-eyed and then lets me shake off the tears with a good ole belly laugh. Good job!
Omgosh I think I love her. She had my crying because I was laughing so hard. What a sweet girl, such a sweet idea.
zomg ~ get me all emotional then BLAM!
If we’d all just follow the lead of these oh-so-wise-kids in our lives think how much more sane we’d be!
Sounds like your kid might have worms, you might want to get that sorted.
A sign of having worms is an itchy bum, my bum is itchy as we speak.
Dwayne.
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that is just the sweetest thing. It’s amazing what they catch on to even at that young age.
They are far wiser than we are. What a beautiful memory, for both of you.
Thank you for sharing this and thank you to whomever stumbled it so that I could find it.
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Actually, this made me laugh because it could have come right out of the mouth of my daughter, too. And she’s 21.
OMG, this is hilarious, and sweet. I really laughed..hard, right before I was about to cry! My daughter (3 this mo) told my teenager, who was crying, “It’s okay, Jesus come outta my heart and give you a hug…” and I thought I would just die. But she said to our town sheriff, who was doing nursery in the church one Sunday, “hold on, I have to pick my wedgieeee”..I am so glad he shared that with us at pick up time! Kids are wonderful.
Hahah! Oh, that kid’s going to be a RIOT when she’s older. Nothing like a tension-breaker, eh?
my cat flew out of my lap from my sudden outburst of laughter. that was an awesome emotional roller coaster.