Saturday we rode the train to Chicago to go to the Art Institute. It was family day. There were lots of free activities for kids in the family section of the museum and quite a few kids around. While we were in one of the rooms playing a family came in with a girl about Abby's age and a baby. Abby was enthralled with the baby. She stopped what she was doing, went right over and started playing with her. The mom was holding the baby and started talking to Abby. She asked Abby if she had any sisters. Abby told her that she had a baby brother and that he didn't get to come home. Of course the woman didn't understand so she asked her where her brother was. Abby told her that we left him at the doctor.
Dave and I were sitting a few feet away and had overheard the conversation. We figured that it was going to go on for a while and was confusing to the woman so Dave told her that we had recently had a stillbirth. We had just told the volunteer in the room a few minutes before when she asked us if Abby had any siblings. I'm glad Dave was with me this time and he could be the one to have the awkward conversation with a stranger.
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