Tough Questions To Answer To a 5 Year Old!!

[MrsJ2004]

Oh man! Trent is asking hard questions for me to answer today!
He said "how did my daddy start outside?" and I asked him what he meant...he asked me how he "started" when he got killed, and I told him I didn't know. And he said, "yes you do. Did you see it?"

Me: Did I see what?
Trent: Did you see him getting killed?
Me: Yes, I did.
Trent: Then how?
Me: He was in the garage with a rope around his neck....
Trent: And then where?
Me: And then he went to the hospital?
Trent: And then where?
Me: And then he died in the hospital.
Trent: And then he went to Heaven?
Me: Yes
Trent: HEY! That isn't Ninjas, that's litlle boys!

That is how the conversations goes ususally...he'll totally jump off topic after he's satisfied with grilling me for a minute. But man! It's intense! I HATE answering these questions, because I don't want to tell him what happened, but the counseling places all say that I need to be truthful with him, and he will guide me through how far in depth to go with the answering by his questions. And we already go to the "daddy died with a rope around his neck" last year, shortly after Avery died. Because Trent kept asking me HOW he died. And this kid, man, you can't dance around it with a simple little answer like "he stopped breathing" or "his spirit left his body" or anything like that...he wants DETAILS!!!!!
It's kind of strange that he would be asking me questions today after not asking too much lately...Avery has been on my mind the last few days. I think because of all the stuff going on with Prentiss. So it's just strange that Trent would bring him up now, too!