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good idea.
I told them I wanted to be cremated and in an urn on the mantle. They said no way.
We joke a lot about death...sometimes if I am leaving on a "ninja" (doesn't take much, I am a big scaredy cat) dive I will say "hey...if I never see you again...you've been great kids" I want them to always remember us joking around. Kids pretty much mirror the emotional climate of the parents from what I have noticed. Their dad and I would not fly together when they were babies...I know I was biologically wired for awhile to be very careful. Then when they become teenagers, it seems they could recover in about a week.
So...if you ask your kids, aren't they going to be reluctant to say " hey mom, no problem...life goes on." ?
So, don't keep us in suspense...what did your wife say that surprised you?
I told them I wanted to be cremated and in an urn on the mantle. They said no way.
We joke a lot about death...sometimes if I am leaving on a "ninja" (doesn't take much, I am a big scaredy cat) dive I will say "hey...if I never see you again...you've been great kids" I want them to always remember us joking around. Kids pretty much mirror the emotional climate of the parents from what I have noticed. Their dad and I would not fly together when they were babies...I know I was biologically wired for awhile to be very careful. Then when they become teenagers, it seems they could recover in about a week.
So...if you ask your kids, aren't they going to be reluctant to say " hey mom, no problem...life goes on." ?
So, don't keep us in suspense...what did your wife say that surprised you?