Six Year Old Granddaughter ...

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  1. Von Jones

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    crying because I'm going to die and she's going to miss me.

    It's a girls' night overnight and she came to sit with me at my computer. She asked me if I was old. I asked her if she thought I was old and she shook her head to say yes and turned to me and said, 'Grandma I don't want you to die.' and started crying holding me tight. I held her tight and comforted her.
     
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    That's precious.
     
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    She cried herself to sleep after she told her sisters and cousin that she was going to miss me. They came to me and told me.
     
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    Bless her sweet little heart, Von.
     
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    Awe @Von Jones ,I have had something similar happen. Makes you a bit spooked. Really to me they are just realizing at a young age we are not here forever. Better than the older ones going - hey when you die can I have this? :rolleyes:
     
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    Absolutely PRECIOUS!!
     
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    I was four when it hit me my grandma would die. I got obsessed with it, sorry to say. I don't believe I ever said anything to anyone (until recently!). It really hit at night before sleep.

    You have such a wonderful granddaughter Von. Enjoy all the pleasures with her, I'm sure you do!
     
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    I was about that age when I became obsessed with the idea that my parents might die. I had seen a movie about an orphan that set the wheels turning in my head.
     
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