Comments on: “What are you going to do with me when I die daddy?”

By: BigFatPonyDancer84

BigFatPonyDancer84 — Sun, 16 Mar 2008 01:04:55 +0000

wow..that’s hilarious..good job greg

~*~Elenore~*~

By: Tonya

Tonya — Wed, 14 Feb 2007 02:53:35 +0000

that is too cute.. id prolly cry to if i was told i was gonna be put into the ground when i die…

By: Some Body

Some Body — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:50:37 +0000

okay, take that back. You might not want to say ‘remember when Shadow died’ in a few years, it might a bit longer. . . but it will make great memories!

By: Some Body

Some Body — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 02:47:07 +0000

heh. My brother is 7, we still get some weird questions. But i remember those! He was also sooo observant (sp?)! I remember, we were leaving McDonalds, and Tim (my brother) said, "Dad, aren’t you driving the wrong way? The arrow is pointing the other way!" Of course, he only saw the arrow visible, but he was a little tike then! Yeah for Debbie! I am personally wondering what she said. . . that’d be quite intresting. Ooh well. Yeah, that kind of stuff is hard! Have fun with it! In a couple years you will be saying, "Do you remember when Shadow died? And. . . " And it’ll be all on big joke. . . (But this time Jeremy will get it, and think it’s funny) Well, like I said, I won’t be able to go this year, but I’ll keep you in my prayers!

By: faith

faith — Wed, 22 Nov 2006 01:07:16 +0000

Love you Greg. You are such an inspiration to me. Plus your son is so cute!

By: Sammi Basinger

Sammi Basinger — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 21:02:50 +0000

hey Greg. Enjoyed this one. It is hard to explain to young ones the concept of death. But adding that putting his faith in God and that no matter what physical state God will have him and his dog in peace at heaven with him would be great for a young Jeremey. ;) Cremation esspecially is hard to get through to a young child because he may consider it cruel. It’s a scary conversation esspecially if he grows older and a family member (human) is in death. But it is something we must place in the minds of our children so that we can reherse the ‘where babies come from’ talk without worry of the revisiting subject much love Sammi

By: John Byrne

John Byrne — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 16:39:54 +0000

Nice job Greg!! Remind me not to let you counsel my kid. Of course I say that because I have done enough dmage on my own and I don’t need your help. lol

By: Tim Rohm

Tim Rohm — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 15:35:25 +0000

Well, I’ve got a year’s experience exlplaining death to a 2-1/2 year old, only it is the death of my wife/ her mother. Now that she is 3-1/2, the questions are only getting harder the more she understands. For a long time the questions were more about where: Where’s mommie? Heaven. Where’s heaven? With Jesus. Where’s Jesus? . . . You get the picture. Then it began to be about possibilities. Can we go see her? Can she come see us? Can she meet us at the beach? Daddy, if I snuggle real close to you, can mommie come back and sleep beside us in the bed? The hardest thing is she usually thinks of these questions half way to daycare. I try to answer her as direct and honest as possible. She really accepts my answers at face value. I drop her off at daycare where she starts playing with the other kids. I start my drive to work in tears, asking God "where’s her mommie at? I know the answer, I just want to hear it from you one more time." My fear is now that her general question have turned to the perpetual "why?" No matter how good your answer, you get another why. I can do one or two rounds of "Because in heaven mommie ain’t sick no more." But that’s all I’ve got. Really, the best I’ve got for her is what I tell myself. It’s ok to miss mommie, and its ok to cry. Jesus takes care of mommie, and God cares for everything. And we have a little cry together. She really is a good hugger. It’s ok to cry about your dog, too. And let your child know that God cares for all the animals. I don’t think them knowing all the details about where the body ends up is as important as them understanding that the most important part of nature is the eternal part, the spirit. When Lily asks about her mommie, I answer in terms of the spirit. I don’t think she yet understands that her body is in the ground. That was a little much for a 2-1/2 year old. She know’s that Mommies in heaven, and she will tell you that promptly. The bible doesn’t give a lot of details about animals and eternity, but it does say that there will be animals there as part of the new earth! I think the best we can do for our kids is assure them that God cares, and God has it all under control. It’s ok to tell them that this world is coming to ashes, but it’s more important to teach them how the Spirit is eternal, hovered over the waters of Creation, and will empower us to victory over the ashes of this present age in eternity. Pray for me as I handle the Why’s!

By: Becky

Becky — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 03:12:25 +0000

Wow Greg,That had to be a tough situation.I think it would be very hard to explain death and not make Jeremy scared.Anyways I hope things get better.Hey maybe you can have my dog shadow.~Becky~

By: BigDaddy

BigDaddy — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:34:31 +0000

sorry, I have to bust my self before any one else does. Yes "sandals" is misspelled, Big Daddy forgot to spell check!