Death has been on the mind of 5 year-old Max lately. Mostly, he does not want to turn 100 (when he will obviously die), but lately he has begun to see the positives of not having his parents around.
"I can't wait until you die because I could play Xbox all day long," Max said to me in the car on the way home from the library.
Sweet!
When I explained to him that by the time his parents turned 100, he could in fact be 66 his optimism was subdued.
"Will I have the same voice when I'm 66?"
"The same voice?," I wondered."
"Yeah, in Toy Story 3 Andy has a different voice."
"Your voice will probably change," I told him."
Max would not let this line of questioning go ...
"When I'm 66, can I play XBox all day?"
"If you want to," I explained."
"With no timer?"
"With no timer," I said."
"Sweet," he said.