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Hard truths
-Watch your step Colin.. that’s a big and slippery tree.
-Is it dead?
-Yup
-Why did it die?
-I don’t know.. maybe because it was old.
-Does everything die ?
-Yes
-Why?
-It’s just the way things are.
-Daddy.. are YOU going to die?
-Someday, yes.
-I don’t want you to die..EVER!!
-.... I’m going to be around for a long long long time.
-Promise?
-Pinky swear
-..Daddy?
-Yes?
-Am I going to die?
-.....
Not necessarily a fun one, but we’re starting to have these conversations with my kids... each time one happens, they grow a little, right in front of my eyes.
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your description made my cry. this is a beautiful piece.
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I love this, so deep and yet such an ordinary and normal situation. I am scared of when they´ll ask you babies come from because that was SUCH an uncomfortable moment for me and my mother to explain...
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The Long Hike in the Far away Woods, Towering Trees with overhanging Branches Create Natures Cathedral in the woods. Long Hikes in the Wood where No Word is Spoken. We stop and Listen to the Silence.
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Below is a tongue-in-cheek dialog I used to have with my dad:
— Son, I’m gonna support you till I’m 70 years old.
— Come on, dad, can you support me till I AM 70 years old?
My dad passed away on this day 8 years ago. He was 67.
But you know what? He still supports me in an inexplicable way.
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This looks great, and is an important talk to have with kids.
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this is outrageously beautiful! keep up that fire man
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Loving the background in this one; among your most evocative yet IMO.
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Show your kids "The Iron Giant," there's a lesson on death in it.
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I have already.. it's one of my favorite animated movies
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It's an awesome movie! It's one of the best (if not the best) non-Disney animated movies ever.
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Or Lion King ^__^
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They've seen it too
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Yeah, that's a good choice too. Just trying teaching kids that death is part of the natural process and isn't something to be feared.
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And that the people who go always remain in our hearts.
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Yeah, totally. As long as you remember your loved ones, they're never really gone (a lesson taught in "The Book of Life").
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Maybe not fun, but important. Children learn how to react to things through thier parents. Your honesty goes a long way
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