A Tale of Two Flowers

Here is a picture of two different flowers currently growing on our windowsill. The one on the left is a sunflower - the little pots that Target sells in the $1.00 aisle. I planted it about a month after the one on the right. The one on the right Jonah planted himself at VBS this year, I do not know what species it is but it has been growing since. About a week ago, Jonah noticed that one flower was growing really big and the other one was still small and of course, wanted to know why in the enthusiasm and wonderment that only a child has. Despite being an educated Ecologist and going into all sorts of details on growth conditions and environment I decided to keep this one on his level AND tie it into our current situation:

"You know, Jonah, how I told you that baby brother - "

"G.I. Joe?"

"Yes, G.I. Joe, has Down syndrome. It's a special condition that makes him grow differently than you are and Molly is?"

"Yeah."

"Well, it's kind of like these two flowers. God made the sunflower to grow fast and big but He made the other flower to grow more slowly. It will still grow, just not as quickly as the sunflower. Just like He made you and Molly to grow fast and learn things quickly, He's making G.I. Joe to grow more slowly. And it will take longer for him to learn things. He'll do it, he'll walk and talk just like you do but it will take him longer to learn how."

"Uh-huh, okay."

This was Talk no.2 to help prepare Jonah. And here's hoping they do both continue to grow because I'm quite negligent with plants. :/