Yesterday Gabe was wondering about dying. He wondered when he was going to die. I told him it would probably not be for a very long time. He still seemed a little worried about it - for after all, when you are four, "a long time" can be till the end of the day, or a week, or another month. He told me that he doesn't want to die because he doesn't "want to not go to CannonMennoniteChurch" (he says the name of the church like it is one word. It is very cute, I must say. He has talked a few times recently about how much he likes our church.)
Our conversation about dying led to a conversation about heaven, and how if we love Jesus and have a relationship we will go to heaven to be with Jesus. He wasn't too sure that he wanted to go there right now. He asked if his "wife" (a common topic of late) would go to heaven with him. I said that, yes, she would if she loves Jesus. Then he said "OH!! I FORGOT!! I have to think of my wife's name! I can't beh-yeeve (believe) I didn't remember to think of her name!" LOL. I smothered a smile and told him that he probably has a good twenty years or so to think of it. He soon told me that his wife's name was Maddie. I asked him if that is the Maddie who is his imaginary friend or his friend Maddie at church, but he didn't say.
This morning again he told me that he was going to think of his wife's name, "the wife that is going to go up to heaven with me". He gave me some weird nonsense name, and then told me that he was going to think of the names of his children, of which there would be twelve.
LOL. Too hilarious.
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Carrie, I come to your site often to hear the new adventures of your wonderfully healthy family and to re-read - just for fun - all the great Gabe-isms. The "checking for turds" line had me chuckling at various times for about a month. I'm pretty sure Gabe's concentrated thought to come up with the names of his wives and 12! children will hang around also.
Thanks for being the kind of mom (and Tim the kind of dad)who engages your children in real conversation and then shares the gems with your loyal readers.
What a gift these blog posts will be for your children when they have children!
This sounds like the kinds of discussions we are having with Dara and Lydia. I'm not sure either of them have mentioned having 12 kids, but they talk about heaven and the men that they are going to marry when they are older. Tonight, Dara was asking questions about the trinity and getting upset because she said it sounded like we were talking about two Gods when we told her that God sent Jesus. How do you explain this to a five year old, when there is enough complexity in it to keep us trying to figure it out for years. I love the way you write carrie. J came over to see what I was laughing about. Love ya, Carmen
I love him. Thanks for sharing about your conversations with him. Its so fun hearing how his little four year old mind processes thoughts and big events of life...dying and marriage. Love you guys...
I love him. Thanks for sharing about your conversations with him. Its so fun hearing how his little four year old mind processes thoughts and big events of life...dying and marriage. Love you guys...
Hi Carrie, I'm glad I found you again.
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