Fire Insurance

I think I did something very bad. I was frustrated because there were toys everywhere and no decisions could be made without taking into account the whereabouts and condition of each of these various toys. So I told my kids what was really important--like the only thing you could take with you into the next life is your relationships and your knowledge. Everything else was going to burn up. So toys just aren’t that important.

So now my 5 year old wanders into my room stroking such precious items as his ragged purple bunny (a gift from his great-grandparents in Virginia) and climbs into bed beside me. With big fat tears running down his face he sniffles and in a small voice asks “When I’m resurrected will I ever see bunny again?”

I’m guessing that mentioning when he finally dies at around age 85 and is resurrected I highly doubt he’ll be looking around for “bunny”; rather he’ll be rejoicing that he has all his hair and teeth back—well that just isn’t going to cut it.

Why do I share this? So you can learn from me. Otherwise you’ll find yourself appeasing them with ridiculous comments like “well remember, you get to take your knowledge with you and all the people who made the toys will remember how to make them so you can just ask them to remake them and yes they’ll look exactly the same.” This also works when they ask about the house that was burned, and the car that was burned, and the clothes that were burned, and the bed that was burned…….