One Nation Under Mimere!

So Justin has been asking a lot of questions about my Mimmy. She was my mom's mom and I really loved her. She died in March of 2000. Recently I started talking about her and Justin wanted to see her. So I showed him a collage I had of my Mimmy. Then we had the talk about how she died and how she's in heaven now watching over us as one of our Angels. He's been asking more and making comments here and there.

He wants to know how Mim got to heaven. Obviously he cannot comprehend anything about dying and our souls going to heaven. Heck, can any of us really understand it. So, he's asked if she took a plane. No. I told him I think that she floated up to heaven.

I have a hutch type piece of furniture that Mim had given to Mick and myself after we got married. It was great. I had always admired it, it looked great in my place and I had something nice to remember Mim from. So we call it's Mim's hutch. And Justin knows he's not supposed to touch it. Basically that is just b/c it is the one non-childproof thing in our house. For some reason both kids ignored it as babies, even though it is something we walk by at least 80 times a day. Now if he goes near it, we tell him not to and he closes the drawer and walks away......So the other night Sarah was walking past it and Justin told her to be careful. He said something like - That is Mimere's furniture and it is very special to mommy so we need to not touch it. Awwwwww....

So then he was downstairs getting a toy and started yelling for me to "come here!" He was on the stairs looking at the collage of Mimmy and was so excited. He pointed to a photo on Mim in front of a jet plane. "Look Mommy!!!! That is Mimere! And that is a plane! So she must have taken a plane to heaven!!!" He was so happy! I smiled like I was so proud. "Wow Justin, you might be right. Look at that." Then later I told him again that I think she floated up to heaven and that she probably did not take a plane.

Then we saw a funeral and I had to explain a little that someone died and people were going to say goodbye to that person.

So driving home yesterday he went on and on and on about Mimere and her going to Heaven. He came up with a great idea. "Mommy! I know what we can do! You can bring me to see a dead person and we can watch how they float up to heaven." Oh my.....

So tonight he was so excited that he was going to go up to Aunt Lori's house to record something for a Christmas present. One of the things he wanted to do was say the Pledge of Allegience. SO I asked him to say it again for me as I was getting his sneakers on him.
This was what he said
"I pledge of Allegience to the flag of the United States of America.
One Nation, Under .....oh mommy....what is your friend's name again?"
Me: "Ummm...do you mean Mimere?"
J: "Yes! Mimere! One Nation under Mimere and around God, indivisible, with Liberty and Justice for all!"
And he could not have been more proud!