Meteor girl

Just a few moments ago my sweet little girl came into the den when she was actually supposed to be asleep in her bed.
We've been talking a lot lately about space and dinosaurs and earth and meteors and apparently, the last part struck a nerve with my science obsessed girlie and she asked with a little quiver in her lip, "Will a meteor hit our house??"

I called Josh in because he is super SUPER good at not only explaining things in general, but explaining things to her, and being able to relate to her, being that they practically share the same logical, literal brain.

I sat there listening to the sweetness of Sera, asking question after question, and hearing Josh give logical, thorough answers, knowing she trusts him with her whole heart and he loves her completely with his.

Even after a long explanation about how we have telescopes to see into space with, and how we could prepare for such a disaster, and how most meteors are very small, etc. etc., she still paused, teared up and said, "I can't stop thinking about it!"
Now there's something mama can relate to.

Josh brought her back in her room... and now between the crickets and the silence of a house that is trying to settle in for the night, I can hear their sleepy voices chattering about rockets, and space and astronauts... and I love my precious family.