And Death shall have no dominion

[ailbhe]

We really need help, hints or advice on helping Linnea come to terms with Death. It's not her death or my death or anyone in particular's death that's bothering her - it's Death itself. She wants all the dead people to come back to life, so that she can meet them, and for no-one ever to die ever again.

And she has been very upset about it three days running, now.

I'm getting worried.

Comments

[ailbhe]

Yeah, that led on to her deciding we needed to stop old people from getting sick or tired, ever. I also argued that my Nana was looking forward to Heaven but since Linnea wants to meet my Nana HERE where she is NOW, Nana's preference for Heaven didn't hold a whole lot of water... especially since Linnea's not sure she believes in Heaven at all anyway. In fact, she seems fairly sure she doesn't.

[euphrosyna]

I think (and possibly this sounds harsh but life is) maybe she needs to be told that Nana's preferences trump hers in this case...

Maybe tell her that when she grows up she can help find ways to stop people being sick and tired - being a doctor or a scientist - and giving her ways to channel the energy into being productive will help? I mean there is not a lot she can do now, but if she works hard at reading/science/whatever, she can do something about it in the future.

[ailbhe]

She wants to be an astronaut and find ways for people to live in space so that the Earth won't be too full and no-one will have to die to make space for new people. Among other things.