This is something that happened on November 17th. I wanted to post it then, but I had other posts already scheduled so I had to write it for December.
A storm was barreling through the Midwest and my daughter, Tiffany and her husband were talking about what to expect as they watched the TV coverage. KC overheard it all of course, even though they kept their voices and words calm.
It was after the storm had passed and KC and her dad had gone to a science exhibit that Tif who had some place else she needed to be went up to KC's room.
Tiffany was surprised to find that KC had shut her door, closed all the blinds and carefully covered her favorite stuffed dog under blankets in the middle of her bed.
Tif wondered if some of KC's preparation was done because of the school drill in case of an "emergency". That emergency was probably in the event of an armed intruder. KC had transferred that knowledge of preparedness to include tornadoes.
KC is fine. The storm passed south of Chicago and Tiffany sent this photo from her iPhone of the rainbow she saw after the clouds rolled by. I do believe that's only the second rainbow I've ever seen in Illinois.
And now I'm sitting here hoping that there will only be rainbows in KC's life and that all the storms will pass through without causing her any harm. Whatever the case, I'm glad she knows how to prepare for it.
A storm was barreling through the Midwest and my daughter, Tiffany and her husband were talking about what to expect as they watched the TV coverage. KC overheard it all of course, even though they kept their voices and words calm.
It was after the storm had passed and KC and her dad had gone to a science exhibit that Tif who had some place else she needed to be went up to KC's room.
Tiffany was surprised to find that KC had shut her door, closed all the blinds and carefully covered her favorite stuffed dog under blankets in the middle of her bed.
KC is fine. The storm passed south of Chicago and Tiffany sent this photo from her iPhone of the rainbow she saw after the clouds rolled by. I do believe that's only the second rainbow I've ever seen in Illinois.
And now I'm sitting here hoping that there will only be rainbows in KC's life and that all the storms will pass through without causing her any harm. Whatever the case, I'm glad she knows how to prepare for it.
KC is adorable. It also breaks my heart that young children are becoming frightened all the time by everything. Of course it's probably always been like this. In the 1950s, we crawled under our desks to hide from the bomb. Sotouching that she placed her favorite dog in a secure place. When we had the earthquake, I ran into my pantry and called my little dog who joined me. Dianne
ReplyDeletePS. Re LTC…one size does not fit all. Women are more in need than men. I have two policies on me via Metropolitan and Prudential, and one on David. I hope I never need them, but I don't want to die young either.
KC is indeed one adorable child. And another rainbow? You definitely seem to attract them, Kay. I too hope there are only rainbows in KC's life. :-)
ReplyDeletechildren need to know there will be storms in their lives and not just rainbows. Sounds like she is preparing...
ReplyDeleteThat is heart tuggingly sweet. Little girl off with daddy, knowing she prepared everything she left for the worst.
ReplyDeleteWhat sweet preparation, and a rainbow in Illinois! Your presence is better than the Care Bears!
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Living most of my life in Tornado Alley, I have always wanted to take every cherished item to the storm cellar with me, including pets.
ReplyDeleteWell prepared and really nice kid. There is a storm where I am right now. I'm experiencing it inside with water with icecubes, pop corn, candles and cognac :)
ReplyDeleteToo funny! About the cognac, I mean. Not at all funny about the storm. Please stay safe.
Deleteaww so cute!
ReplyDeleteSo good that the parents wisely spoke in a non panic way. KC benefited.
ReplyDeleteWhat exactly are kids supposed to do in case of an armed intruder?
Girl soldiers come to Dean and Eyal's classes here in the Negev once a week to teach emergency preparedness. The kids showed me how to lie face down and cover the back of your neck with your hands in case of incoming missiles/rockets/mortars. No way the whole school can enter the bomb shelter in the 1.5 minutes between siren and impact.
Isn't it sad that we have to prepare our children for these possible horrors?
DeleteTHat is so sweet. She took good care of her animals.
ReplyDeleteKC knows how to protect those she loves.
ReplyDeleteWhat a wonderful story! KC is so sweet, and so is the rainbow, although in different ways.
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reminds me of the tornado drills we used to do in our house.
ReplyDeleteWe had tornado drills at school too. I imagine all schools in the Midwest must have them. However closing the blinds and door and putting the stuffed (Nenne "sleep" dog) under blankets to hide sounded more like the armed intruder sort of preparation. We had a terrible case of a disturbed girl named Laurie Dann in Illinois who came into a classroom, shot and killed a child and wounded some others. I still remember that horrible day. It changed how we operated and forced to talk to the kids about that sort of 'what if' day.
DeleteHow smart she is.... I wonder what the fear level is in today's kids... Michelle
ReplyDeleteI really hated telling my class why we had to practice what to do in case of an armed intruder. They asked a lot of very intelligent questions and were satisfied with the answers. What really surprised me was when I told them that I would be up front protecting them from anything that should happen. They had such faith that I would be able to do that. It still shakes me to have learned that. It was humbling and scary too.
DeleteAwwwww, this is so cute and, it's touching at the same time. KC is so precious, tucking her favorite under her covers. I love it when the little ones apply/transfer knowledge they have learned. Love this post, Kay.
ReplyDeleteIt's tough worry about grandkids.You have to assume your kids will manage, but you do worry, don't you!!!!
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