important questions...

so this morning as we were getting ready for school, this is the conversation between jacob and myself (he's in green, i'm in purple):

"when will we all be dead?"
"did you say, 'dead'?"
"yes, when will we all be dead?"
"well, God has control over this, but hopefully not for a VERY VERY VERY VERY long time. long enough from now that you will have great-grandchildren. you will get married, have children, they'll have children and then they will have children. just like your great-grandpa. did you know he is 92 years old?"
"wow!"
"are you thinking about death?"
"yes."
"why?"
"because if i'm dead, i won't see my brother any more."
"well...for most people, it doesn't happen for a VERY VERY VERY VERY long time. so we can just enjoy each other every day for now!"

and the conversation was over.
wow...the mind of a 4 year old (almost 5).