Lincoln is very matter of fact about Eli. The other day he saw our family picture, at the hospital, and asked where we were. It was strange of him to ask, because he has seen and talked about that picture many times. It is on top of our piano, so it isn't exactly hidden away. He said...we saw Eli at the hospital, them we took him to the cemetery, then we bought him a Christmas tree (the one from a month and a half ago), then it died, then we gave it some water and now Eli is happy. So concise and true...pretty simple...
He frequently says to me, "Mom...we have a baby!! It's Eli!" It's like he just clued into all of the talk about babies and he is connecting to it...he understands, as if for the first time, that we have a baby too! I don't think he sees the discrepany between Eli life and any other baby's life.
Another random thought from Lincoln...I believe he is under the impression that there is a secret tunnel that starts as the cemetery and takes you to heaven. He always talks about how Eli is up in the clouds...(which isn't something I have said)... and he got there by going underground in the cemetery up to Heavenly Father. He likes to talk about this with elaborate hand motions indicating a direct route from his grave to heaven. I talk with him about the spirit and the body and how his body is at the cemetery and his spirit is in heaven. It hasn't clicked. I guess he had to make sense of the fact that we talk about Eli's grave at the cemetery and Eli being in heaven. A secret passage makes perfect sense...now, if only I could find the entrace...
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