Today we happened upon a couple of overpasses over the 401 that were crowded with people, police, and rescue personnel. Initially we thought there was some tragedy, but then discovered it was at every overpass.
Finally hubby stopped and asked someone what was going on.
The bodies of the 6 slain soldiers were coming home. People came out in droves to pay homage.
We were left with the difficult task of answering a 6 year old boy's question...
Who killed them and why?
We told him there were bad people and the bad people killed them. That soldiers go and try to kill bad people and the bad people try to kill the soldiers. That lots of people on both "teams" get killed and that they are forever dead, they don't come back like on tv or video games. We talked a bit about how not just anybody is allowed to kill. Soldiers are allowed to kill the bad guys. Police are allowed to kill bad guys if they won't go to jail. "Regular people" don't get to kill anybody.
So he said he wanted to be a soldier.
Then he said he wanted to be the strong man in the circus.
Thank God that conversation was over.
Finally hubby stopped and asked someone what was going on.
The bodies of the 6 slain soldiers were coming home. People came out in droves to pay homage.
We were left with the difficult task of answering a 6 year old boy's question...
Who killed them and why?
We told him there were bad people and the bad people killed them. That soldiers go and try to kill bad people and the bad people try to kill the soldiers. That lots of people on both "teams" get killed and that they are forever dead, they don't come back like on tv or video games. We talked a bit about how not just anybody is allowed to kill. Soldiers are allowed to kill the bad guys. Police are allowed to kill bad guys if they won't go to jail. "Regular people" don't get to kill anybody.
So he said he wanted to be a soldier.
Then he said he wanted to be the strong man in the circus.
Thank God that conversation was over.