Today's Math

Our nine year old just asked me how old she was she we found out her Dad had cancer. I told her it was three years ago and said that she could probably figure it out from there. Six was the answer that surfaced. She then asked about how much of her life that was...a half? We did some things with fractions and came up with one-third. She has known about his illness and lived with a Dad that has had cancer for 1/3 of her life. One-Third of a lifetime. That seems like a big deal.