Two Year Olds Know More Than We Give Credit For

My wife recently sent me an e-mail that brought me close to tears. Here is an excerpt:

Riss does love you...

walking to
class this morning she points and says "Look. A daddy on a bicycle. MY Daddy in
Ananagastan. ... I want my Daddy."

Thought I was going to
cry.

I sat down with both she and Kira before leaving, trying to explain why Daddy was going to be gone. Kira grasped it, but never sensed that Rissa understood. I guess she did. Can't put much past the two year old, eh? She's amazing. Miss her...