WWII Questions from Maddy

Last weekend we went to York for homecoming. On the way home, we stopped at the rest stop with the memorial for Grandpa's army division in Gainesville. The memorial lists all the soldiers from that division that died. Maddy was asking why Grandpa's name wasn't on the memorial and then she wanted to know about WWII so we gave her a very brief overview. Ever since she has off and on been asking about Hitler, Grandpa fighting Hitler, why Hitler was a bad guy, etc. Well today she wanted to see a picture of Hitler so we looked it up on the internet. Then she wanted to see a picture of Grandpa so we looked him up on the internet too. If you Google images for Stephen D. Eckstein Jr. he is the first one that pops up. Pretty impressive! Then she wanted to see a picture of Grandpa and Hitler fighting. That made me laugh. Then she asked, "Mommy, why didn't God protect all of the soldiers that died? Why did he only protect Grandpa?" Wow! What a question. My answer: "I don't know why those soldiers died. I know that God has a plan for everybody and he had a plan to save Grandpa so that we could all be born." What would you say to such a question from a 4 year old?

Comments

bee said…

She is too deep for me. I bet no one can answer that question. She is an amazing little girl.

October 18, 2013 at 5:46 PM

Brandon E. said…

I think your answer was perfect.

I would also like to see a picture of Steven and Hitler fighting. Gooogling right now.....

November 11, 2013 at 8:02 AM

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