Today, I truly got to witness Aurora's character and experience a conversation that I'll never forget. We were driving back from a shopping trip this morning, all of us in the car, when out of the blue, a conversation transpired along the lines of the following. From the back of the car, after a few rare moments of quiet;

Aurora: "Daddy... I know that when you were a boy, Nanna was your Mummy, but who was your Daddy?"
Me; "Well, when I was about Laura's age (Laura being the 12 year old sister of a friend of hers), my Daddy died in a car accident"
Aurora; "Was it an accident?"
Me; "Yes, it was an accident"
Aurora; "What happened?"
Me; "Well, he was driving along, and something happened, and he hit a tree. And he died"
Aurora; "Were you sad?"
Me; "Yes, very"
Aurora; "Did you cry?"
Me; "Yes"
Aurora; "How did you cry?"
Me; "Like you normally cry - when you're very sad about something"
Aurora; "Was Nanna sad?"
Me; "Yes"
Aurora; "Did she cry?"
Me; "Yes"
Aurora; "What did she say?"
Me; "I don't remember"

And then there was a pause... for probably about 10 seconds or so. Silence filled the air. It was a very sombre mood (obviously). And then Aurora said;

"Daddy, I'm very sorry that your Daddy died"

Aurora - you are an incredible, empathetic, wonderful human soul. I love you more than words could ever do justice.

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