The other night after saying our prayers, L who is always asking for definitions of words asked "What does ever-after mean?" So I told him that it was kind of the same as forever. This he understood, but then asked "does that mean we will live forever?"
Now my son knows that nothing lasts forever "especially stickers" but also knows that everything has a "life span" so he was confused afer this prayer.
I tried to explain that this prayer was not about life on this earth but in heaven. H then asked L "what is heaven?" L responded "Heaven is where you go when you die....Mom and Dad are close." This immediately made me laugh and D too, soon we were all laughing. To date, that has been one of my favorite "parent" moments, I think because he said this in a most matter-of-fact way, he wasn't fearful or sad.
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