Thanks alot Disney...

Last night,

(right smack in the middle of watching American Idol - Go Michael Johns!)

8:32 p.m.

"Mom...I want to sleep with you tonight."

"You can't sleep with me Raistlyn, you need to get in your own bed so you can get up early tomorrow. Remember, this morning you had a little trouble getting up for school?"

"But, my stomach hurts."

"Your stomach hurts? When did it start hurting?"

"Whenever I think about having to go to bed." "You know, I think about - I'm going to (not audible, she spelled this out and just mouthed it) D-I-E."

"Honey, you are not going to die. I don't want you to worry about that. You know what happens when you die right?"

"Yes, we go live with Heavenly Father. But, I don't want to be there without you."

"I don't want you to be there without me either. Go get your pillow, you can sleep with me."

This isn't the first time Raistlyn and I have had this same discussion. What I couldn't figure out previously is why she gets these thoughts? The first time I was pretty freaked out because I thought she might be having some kind of premonition or something. just in case, I didn't go out much and when I did I drove the car really slow and carefully for the next few days.

Fortunately, my sister Jolene was over hanging out with us last night and overheard our little conversation. She said I bet it was that movie she just watched.

Brother Bear 2. Truthfully, I haven't seen the entire movie - just bits and pieces while the kids have it blaring in the background. I do remember that the mother bear gets killed in the first Brother Bear movie. Then I got to thinking, many Disney films have death scenes...I could think of 11 right off the top of my head. Brother Bear, Snow White, Bambi, Sleeping Beauty, The Little Mermaid, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, Hercules, Mulan, Tarzan. I'll bet there are probably more. Thanks Disney for introducing the concept of death to my 7 year old. Her little mind just doesn't quite understand how to put it all together. Fortunately, she knows about Heavenly Father and his Plan of Happiness for our Family. And she went to sleep knowing that she is loved by her mother....so much that she even got to go to sleep in my bed.