Curious

So, last week my sister-in-law had her baby boy, Noah. Lena and I got to go to Abilene to be there for his birth. The whole family was there looking at him through the nursery window, oohing and aahhing and all, when suddenly Lena's curiosity takes a turn. She says, "How did baby Noah get into Aunt Erin's tummy?" It was silence as everyone looked at me and waited for me to respond. I should have known that question was coming. I told Lena that a boy and a girl meet each other and love each other and get married (I have told her you have to be a grownup to get married). They had so much love that God decided they needed a baby and put one in the girl's tummy, because that is where God decided that babies should grow first. She seemed fine with that answer and went back to looking at baby Noah.

She's been having lots of questions about babies and the order of things. Another question came one night when she was too scared to sleep alone in her room. We found out that she thought God wasn't real because she couldn't see Him. I used the analogy of you can't see wind but you know it's there because you can feel it. She was understanding but not sure, so here is how it went:

Me: "Can you see baby Emma in Mommy's tummy?"
Lena: "No."
Me: "But you know that she is there because you put your hand on my tummy and you felt her kick."
Lena: "Yes."
Me: "It is the same with God. We can't see Him, but we know he is there because we can see all the things that he made.  God is very real."

A few minutes later, she must have felt at peace about it becuse she fell asleep in my arms. The next morning I asked her if God was real and she said, "Yes, He is very real!" We have not had any problems with her going to sleep alone in her room since that night. She knows that God is there with her and is taking care of her and she doesn't need to be scared. I also know that God is taking care of me as a parent and giving me the answers needed to her questions.