Explaining the Flood to a Five-Year-Old

“My son still gets upset when he thinks there’s any water coming . . . When he plays, his cars are always drowning in water or they’re driving over bridges where there’s water underneath. He’ll say, ‘Remember I had that toy that was in the flood? How come that flood had to come to our house?’ It’s hard to explain to a five-year-old."

Michele Girtler, who gave birth to premature twin girls a month after her basement flooded