Nathan was having trouble falling asleep so I told him he
could come downstairs and sit with me.
When he came down, I explained to him that I was watching a
show about girls that got pregnant when they were still in school.
A few minutes into the show, he says to me, “Mom, wouldn’t
it be funny if a baby died right when it came out of its Mommy’s tummy?”
I said to him, “Nathan, that would be really sad. Did you know that it sometimes happens? It’s not funny, but really sad.”
He looked shocked and was speechless for a few moments, and
then he said, “If that happens to my wife when she has a baby in her tummy then
I will tell you when I die, okay?”
I responded, “Nathan, I hopefully won’t be in Heaven when
you have babies. Hopefully I will be at
the hospital so I can hold your baby!”
He was silent for a second, and then giggled, “Mom, then you
would be my kids’ Grandma! And Dad would
be their Grandpa! I don’t know who their
aunts and uncles would be though.”
“Yes, you do! It
would be Auntie Kayla and Auntie Olivia and Uncle Matthew!” We had a good laugh J.
**
Seriously though, so many deep thoughts that run through
this child’s mind. We touched on a few
(teen pregnancy, miscarriage/stillborn, death) in just a matter of a couple
minutes. Conversations like that happen
on a frequent basis.
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