a child's perspective

My grand daughter who is 5 has a half sister who is 2, but of course, it is her sister. She told me "I bet (sister) is missing me". I said I bet you could be missing her too, Why don't we call (other Maw Maw) and see what they are doing. So we called and arranged a visit. It went well. She really didn't want to leave when it was time to go, which is new. WHile we were there, she asked about her mother. I reminded her that her mother told me that she was not feeling well and was at her girlfriend's house. As it turns out, other MawMaw hasn't seen or heard from her since Wednesday and this was Sunday. This in and out is not going to work. She is going to have to make a choice of how she is going to live. I think she needs to go back to rehab or into some other kind of counseling. Anyway, the explanation of her being sick and at the friend;s house seemed to satisfy her, that was the end of the conversation. Later on after supper we were taping up a box that is going to her dad who is incarcerated for drug related thefts. She wants to know again how long he would be gone again? weeks? months? and I said lots of months. She said Years? and I said "Yes baby, two years" She said, "Gosh what did he take that was so important that he has to be there two years?" I told her I didn't know (which is technically true) She wanted to know why he stole things and I explained that people stole stuff and sold it so they could get money to buy drugs. She said "I knew he did drugs because of all those cigarettes and pipes on the carport and he drinks beer too." I said yes you are right. I was making the address label and she made one too. On hers she "wrote" a note that said"Tell the judge you are sorry and you want to come home."