Today's Update on Tye

Before bed tonight, Tye said...come on and hurry up so I can get to bed because I want to see Daddy.

Huh? What do you mean?

He always comes to me when I'm sleeping.

Hmmm...maybe an answer to why Daddy is on the brain so much lately??

He did tell me yesterday that Daddy keeps disappearing, and when I asked what he meant, he said...you know, in my dream he just disappears. Then later he kept asking me if God was magic and could make people just disappear like that.

Sigh.

Today at school he had a "tummy ache" that brought him to the office. Upon chatting about the tummy ache with the secretary, who is one of my best friends, Tye told her he was just really missing Daddy. She knows my concerns over the last few days. So she showed him a picture of her dad, who has been gone 9 years, and they talked about missing their dads (did I mention I love St. Gregory's?). She distracted him with some new books that were in the office, getting ready to be put in the library. They enjoyed their visit.

And then he told her our dog ate our guinea pig. She could relate since her cat ate their hampster. He had a nice chat, and off he went, feeling a lot better.

By the way, we have never had a guinea pig.

So when I asked him tonight, he said...I need to tell Mrs. Scheffe I was just kiddin'!