I delight in childlike sincerity.

The scene of the beginning of today's daily delight:

We arrive at my Grandpa's house, its been known soley as Grandpa's house since August. After the usual hugs and checks, I began wandering the rooms to find where LB would plant herself for the afternoon (usually she sits on one of a few choice chairs with televisions close by and colors and watches 'her shows'). Today I found her like this (see above). This is Grandpa's dresser. It displays my favorite pictures of my grandparents from their various stages of life. My favorites are the pictures from their young single adult days which are framed in wood from ships sunk in the Pacific during WW2.

When I asked LB what she was doing she turned, rather startled and said, "Sis, I miss her." She and Grandma weren't particularly close since LB typically got annoyed by Grandma suggesting things she ought to do...LB prefers to be treated like an 'adult'-as she puts it. And I can't blame her and there's no way she could understand what Alzheimer's is. But now that Grandma's gone, not sitting in her usual chair where we have known we could find her for the past 7 years...a certain sincerity has come out in the little sis, sincerely missing her Grandma.

My second delight of today is when she point blank looked at Grandpa and said, "Don't die okay?" To which Grandpa kind of glanced at me with a questioning look and said, "Okay" and then gave her a big hug.

Finally, the delight to top these potentially heart wrenching moments of today is when Christin said, "Grandma's okay now right sis?" While her understanding of the Plan of Salvation is very basic, I know she feels in her heart that its true. Its just another testament to me of the truthfulness of the gospel, its so simple, even a child can understand. While LB might be 22 she will always be a child, but she's a child who knows that even though people die, they will live again!