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Olivia overheard Jenny talking to a neighbor about my mom passing away. I knew nothing about this. I got home and LIv said, "Did your mom die?" I looked at her and answered her affirmatively. She asked if she was coming back. I said no. She asked, "Where did she go?" I described as best I could that Grandma Connie had died, and she went nowhere, but that she would always be with us in our memories and our heart. She looked away for a few seconds and then asked, "Is the house going to die?" I said no. Then she asked if Grandma Carol had died. I said no. Then she looked away again. And then she asked if I was sad, and I said yes. She then went back to playing. She's processing this well, she's encountered two deaths in the last several months, and she seems to understand as well as we could expect a three-year-old to. For me, it's almost more difficult to view this loss through he eyes.

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