Window Pane

WINDOW PANE

In life there are things that are uncertain, unexplainable, a mystery. I’ve always wondered why they called the window the "window pane". Why can't it just be plain old window? It's one of life's mysteries. There are only few of us who notice the simple things, those people are blessed. They are lucky. A little girl by the age of 8 once had a conversation with me. I asked her a question I couldn't answer and wondered if a girl several years younger than me could answer my unanswered question. I asked" Chloe, why do people call windows "window pane" and not just plain window? Chloe looked at me with the innocence a girl of 8 had. She was silent for a moment and then soon after replied " Ate, a year after yesterday was the last time I saw my mommy smiling, I remember looking out of the window and seeing my mommy lying on the ground with all the policemen around her. I wanted to go outside and help my mommy stand up and see her smile again but grandpapa wouldn't let me go outside. After that my granpapa tucked me in bed and told me to go to sleep and promised me I would see mommy's face again. I don't remember the rest but what I do remember was looking out of my mommy's window and saw her inside a wooden bed. I don't understand why but the strange people around me told me to say bye-bye to mommy, I did. I didn't know those strange people so I ran inside of my room as looked outside I felt hurt, I didn't understand. My grandpa says that the hurt I felt was pain. Ate, I was looking out the window and I saw my mommy being taken away from me. It was so painful. Is that why they called it window pain? I sat there just looking at little Chloe. For a girl of 8 she just answered one of life's mysteries. Now I know why they call it window pane.