I reminded DD7 that her birthday is in 4 more days woohoo. She started crying that she'll never be 7 again. Same thing last year about never being 6 again. I'm a little bit smarter this year so I delved into it with her. She told me that it makes her sad because before you know it "I'll never be ALIVE again." She proceeded to cry harder and finally told me that's she's really been upset and worried her whole life because she is afraid to die, and thinks that God is mad at her for being afraid, instead of just being happy to come and see Him (her language). She doesn't think she can talk to a minister about it because they are "too Godly", whatever that means. Thank goodness we have a counselor all lined up for just this type of thing, who met with DD a few times over the summer. I'll be calling her first thing in the morning. I knew these kids were way ahead on their existential angst, but I didn't think it would be a HUGE thing that she was hiding for over a year......Any ideas of what to tell her would be incredibly helpful. We are Christian and she is OK with old, sick people going to Heaven...... Thanks!
