“Cece died”- TW parent death

My (38f) mother died unexpectedly in 2022, two months before my first and only child was born. My daughter would be the first and only grandchild. I have been processing my grief and now my daughter is 2.5 years old. I have talked to her about her grandma “Cece”, and about how she died before they could meet. We look at pictures of my mom that are hanging on our walls.

Today I threw away some wilted flowers and my daughter didn’t understand why. I explained that the flowers died. Then matter of factly and proudly she said “Cece died! The flowers died and Cece died.”

😦

Damn kid! That hit me right in the gut. Out of nowhere. Like I’m proud that you remembered that concept but I wasn’t expecting that first thing in the morning while I make your pancakes and we sing Miss Rachel songs.