give the child some credit...
Eventually the peace and solitude came with the natural understanding that life and its complexities have been around since the existence of time, and the association that even in the most trying trials and undulated occurrences, she will have the strength and wisdom to understand and grow in the same way all human beings are capable. She will survive this, I will survive this, and life in the midst of its happinesses and miseries will continue to ebb and flow as it always has.