It moves us all

This morning's car ride made me reconsider whether I should be so frank with the kids about life. (Note: "Na" is Karl's "yeah.")

S: Karl, when you have babies, you'll be a daddy.
K: Na.
S: Do you want to be a daddy?
K: Na.
S: That's right, Karl, you can get married or just live with a woman, and then you'll have--wait, Karl, do you want to be with a girl or a boy?
K: Boy.
S: Okay, then you won't have babies.
me: If he's with a boy, they can adopt kids... or use a ... surrogate. [hoping I don't have to explain surrogacy]
S: Right. Or you can be a sperm donor.
K: Sperm donor!
S: Okay, and you'll grow up and be a sperm donor.
K: Na!
S: Or you could grow up and teach!
K: Teach!
S: About Jesus! You can teach kids all about Jesus and how he died and then came back again! That's true, you know.
K: Teach about Jesus!
S: Jesus came back again, Karl, but you're not going to. When you're dead, you'll be dead forever.
K: Jesus died!
S: But you won't die until your kids are grown-ups, probably. But you might die sooner. You never know.
K: Na.
S: And your kids might die when they're toddlers. Or before that! But when you die, you'll go to be with Jesus. Jesus died and came back and rose up and went up HIGH into the sky, way up into the clouds. That's true.
K: Be with Jesus! Go up into the CLOUDS!
S: Yeah! You get to be with Jesus whenever you want! But you'll die at home or in a hospital. I want to die at home. Where do you want to die?
K: Die at home.
S: Yeah, me too. And then you'll be in a box in the ground. But just in a box by yourself. Do you want your box to be near me?
K: Na.
S: Yeah, I want my box to be near my mom.
K: Na.
S: Jesus died and came back and rose up and went up HIGH into the sky, way up into the clouds. That's true.
K: Go up into the CLOUDS!
S: It's a true story, Karl. That actually happened.