Out of the blue last night on the way home from picking up the kids Sam tells me this:
Sam: Mommy, when you and Daddy die me and Hannah will have to get a new house.
Me: When Daddy and I die, you can go live with your Aunt and Uncle.
Sam: No. I don’t want to live with them!
Me: Well where will you live?
Sam: (Big smile) With my Maryland grandma!
Me: Oh yeah?
Sam: Yeah. And then I can live in Maryland forever and ever!
Me: Well Daddy and I aren’t going to die anytime soon.
Sam: Yeah you only die when you are 100!
Me: People die at all ages
Sam: At 4?
Me: Sometimes
Sam: (eyes welling up) But I don’t want to die. Once you die you are gone forever
Me: Honey, you aren’t going to die. We don’t know when we are going to die - that’s why we should live every day with love and happiness
Sam: And have some candy!
Me: Yes! And some candy!
Me: Were you talking about dying at school today?
Sam: No, I was just thinking about it on my own
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Not sure if I handled that well or not - totally took me by surprise!
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