As the Awareness Comes

Cuddling in bed watching Dolphin Tale.

In movie little girl comes to see the dolphin with no tail. She has no leg.

Jilly asks why she doesn't have a leg.

I explain that maybe she was born without one.

She says...like me.

How like you?

I was born with a broken heart. She was born without a leg. Kind of the same.

Kind of.

Movie continues. Dr. Clay tells kids that if Winter (the dolphin) continues swimming the way she is without a tail she will die.

Jilly contemplates this.

Mom?

Yes?

So I was born with a broken heart?

Yes.

Is it fixed?

Too much and too young to try and be honest and explain. So a yes, sort of, can suffice. Only one of us needs that anxiety and worry.

Quiet contemplation continues.

I wonder what her little mind is thinking. But afraid to ask.

Man, this is hard sometimes.

Made harder by the fact that of late there seems to be too many heart kiddos dying.