A strange thing happened last night. Something we were not prepared to deal with. We had just turned off the lights and we’re slowly falling asleep just then Rhea woke up.
“Mom dad, both of you are going to grow old, and then both of you will die.”
She folded her hands and said
“please I don’t want both of you to get old, can you please turn small, I don’t want both of you to die”
She kept crying, I have never hugged her so tight. This was really tough to deal with. I could not figure out what and how to console her. Wife asked her to think happy thoughts quickly, mentioned to think about her cartoon characters .
In times like these when we are trying to deal with our own set of anxieties, we need to also look at what our kids are going through too. Rhea hasn’t met her teachers, school friends, friends. Been locked indoors. She’s been so cooperative with everything. No tantrums, no unreasonable demands.
I couldn’t think of anything so we went through some short films by pixar on YouTube. That helped divert her mind a little.
I am still not at peace, thinking how will I handle this if it happens again. Any pointers will help.
Silent Expressions 