mind too young, hurt too young

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last saturday, i was opted to go to Pasig.. well, the usuall business days for my family.. the unuasul thing, i took the jeepney going there, not exactly expecting a mind-juggling situation for the next 30 minutes or should i say for the rest of my life. with nowhere else to seat and since the jeepney was already jam-packed, i sat beside this lady with her 2 grand daughters, i even did not expect that that lady was already a lola.. haha anyway, since the lady was having difficulty on how to settle the 2 kids, one is 7 and the other was 5, (so expect that they are really bothersome and of course you know well the usual 'kandong'- system when the jeep is loaded), i took the courtesy of asking the older child to sit on my lap. as the jeep ran, all four of us had a little conversation, they ask me few questions, like what's my name and other resume-like questions that i answered politely. then, innocently, the older kid informed me, "you know what ate, we're going to my mama's house." puzzled, i ask, "why, does your father have his other house aside from your family house?" she answered back sharply, "oh, no ate. they are already separated. they are already living separately." i was astonished as on how the kid was so blunt about her family's situation. i asked her again,stupidly, with nothing else to reply due to shock, "separately, like they are really "hiwalay" forever? she said plainly "yes. no chance to get them back together." "and it is, i guess, better for both of them and for us as well, because they quarrel a lot.." at young mind and a young heart, i dont know how she can manage thier family's situation. with her young age, she should have been terribly wreck by her parent's separation but she had openly accepted the fact that her parents could never live peacefully together, as well as the advantages and disadvantages if they had continued living under the same roof. then our little conversation had come to end. they have to ride down from the jeepney and we had to bid farewel to each other as they their faces were now gone in my mind, that i almost forget theier names, the memories of our short conversation would never fade away. silently, i had asked myself, if that same incedent happened to me, would i reacted just like what the little girl did or would i reacted differently? i knew what the answer was.. and i never would want to think of it either. but if, AND ONLY IF, that incident would happen, with a wish as strong as death that that would never happen, i will keep in mind the little girl's judgement and how she handles the tragic situation she is facing until she ges old.