Kids and the Dying

Don’t shield your kids from the topic of death and dying. My Mom passed away last week in her bed at home. Tammy & I had moved in with her and Tammy became her daily care giver the last few months of her life.
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Her family visited with her throughout the last few days. Listening to her, praying for and with her, singing to her and kissing on her.
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Some of my grandkids (her great-grandkids) came back and sat for a while with her. It prompted questions about death & heaven and a host of others. It was an incredible teaching moment.
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Death is as much a part of living as being born is. I understand some will find it morbid, but conversations like this helps remove fear and adds perspective. There is an age where they may be too young...
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You make your own decision and I’ll respect it, but Solomon says, “better to go to a house of mourning than a feast, for every life ends in death and the living should take it to heart.”