Answering questions about death from my 6 yr old...

[LJ-Bain]

Yesterday I went to my husbands Granny's funeral.
My 6yr old asked to come along.
We've always been very open about death. She knows it happens to everyone.
She has already been around to say goodbye to one cat and one dog.

I know that everyone has different beliefs so please bear with me...
We have always said that God made everything and when you die you return to God.
Here are some of her whopper questions...

Is Granny naked when she meets God?
Does God have new clothes for Granny?
Does God meet her when she is in the ground?

Then when we were burying her at the cemetary and they were
putting the casket in the ground...

How does the casket move automatically? Is there a button?

Life is so simple when you believe everything your parents tell you.
She wasn't scared. Just curious.
I'll have to remember to fall back on that mentality from time to time.

 

[PFunk]

There is nothing more precious than the innocence of childhood. While I am so sorry for your husband’s loss, this post did bring a smile to my face.

 

[Nakamova]

At my grandfather's funeral, my nephew (who was 4 or 5 at the time) realllllllly wanted to play and dig in the dirt at the gravesite. Curious about death, but not fazed in the least.

 

[Silat]

Children constantly amaze me...
My neice wasn't phased at all by me having a T/C during a family get-together, she just put a My Little Pony band-aid on a scratch I'd gotten then went about her day like nothing happened.
It's a shame that people lose that perspective as they grow older...

 

[PFunk]

, she just put a My Little Pony band-aid on a scratch.

Thats pretty darn cute...

My wife keeps a box of the same band aids for me.... but thats kind of creepy.