Does yesterday count? Tucking dd into bed, she started to cry, ?I don?t want you to die, Mummy?. I gave her a big kiss and cuddle, and said that while everyone has to die one day, I want to be around for a long time (I?m very healthy and know of no impending doom). ?Now, Mummy and Daddy are very old, aren?t we? And yet, our Mummies and Daddies, your Grans and Papas, are still alive, so I'll probably live as long as them. I want to be here to see you go through school, go to university , I?ll buy you a smart suit when you get your first job. I want to be there when you learn to drive your car. And maybe, one day, you will meet someone you really want to marry, and I?ll be there at your wedding. And maybe, I?ll even be there when you have your own babies, just like Gran.? (SOB)
From the hall, ds (7), said, ?Sis, that?s very nice to be worried about Mum, but there comes a time when you?ve got to stand on your own two feet?.
She's five years old.