Thursday, December 11, 2008

Just Plain Gross

In the car this evening, we passed The Casket Store. Emma, being the burgeoning reader she is, sounded it out and asked "what's a casket?", which led to a discussion of caskets, cremation, and funerals. I explained in an age-appropriate way how cremation is only done once you are sure the spirit has left the body and how the ashes can go back to the earth but for people who want their bodies buried in a box, it takes much longer for the body to return to the earth but that's what some people want... and you have a funeral, which is a special ceremony....

Emma: "Do you have cake?"
Gail: "Well, not at the funeral, but sometimes there is a reception..."
Emma: "When Nana dies, can I make a cake?"
Gail: "Well, we hope that won't be for a while..."
Emma: "I want to make a cake with a dead body on it! Or maybe an actual dead mouse!"
(She was very pleased with herself.)

I guess the topic will be re-visited at a later date.