That is a WHOLE lot for a 6-year old to take in. Wow.
She reminds me of my D7.
While we were watching Into The Woods, there's a part where the baker's wife wants to help the baker but the baker says he has to do it alone, etc. D7 leaned over to me and said, "I'd never leave. I would never walk away and not help him, even if that's what he wanted. Couples should stay together and help each other - always, don't you think, momma?"
I was dumbfounded. Well, yes, I do think so, honey, but...
... how do you say, "but your daddy disagrees, sweetheart"?
It's one thing figuring all this out in our own heads... it's quite another helping our little ones come to terms with it all.
I think all the time about how THIS, this very time will be precisely what dictates the kind of mate D7 will choose to spend her life with or whether to spend her life with anyone at all. It will determine the kind of trust she puts into a mate. It will determine how much of her heart she'll give to someone.
Throw in another woman into all that and it's just messy and confusing for a 6-year old... or even a 16-year old.
