Grandpa Truce

Lately Adam has taken an interest in "Grandpa Truce." He knows that Grandpa Truce (as Adam says) isn't here anymore and that we can't go visit him - but that doesn't stop him. He likes to play with Grandpa Truce...he even reads him stories. Yesterday, I was changing Adam and all of a sudden he jumped up "my phone's ringing!" he gleefully said as he ran across the room to grab his new toy cell phone. "Hello?" he asked, "kay, bye!" A pretty normal conversation for him to have on his toy phone.

"Who was that?" I asked him, as he lay back down for the changing.

"Grandpa Truce," he replied, "he said he loves my mommy."

I finished changing him in silence. Tears brimming...where did that come from? Why is he suddenly so interested in Grandpa Bruce - I mean, he knows who he is, I have shown him the picture that's on the shelf...but we don't spend much time talking about him; and when we do it's not like we're talking about Grandpa Bruce, Bruce maybe but more likely dad or "him."

I hugged Adam tightly, "he loves you too Adam."

I'm not quite sure where Adam picked up all of this Grandpa "Truce" stuff, but I am not going to stop him, rather, I'll encourage him! I just find it a little strange (and it makes me sad) that suddenly he's all Grandpa's boy...