# @raisingculturesfamily on Instagram

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- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/C2fIbpBubGy
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/38137736-raisingculturesfamily-instagram
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- **Posted:** 2024-01-24T14:30:53.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Keia Jones Baldwin (@raisingculturesfamily) — https://gondola.cc/raisingculturesfamily

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Ayden asked me to bring him some lunch today…this is his second time in 2 weeks asking me to do this. Mind you, Ayden has never been one to pack his lunch nor has wanted me to be anywhere remotely close to that school 🙄😂…Initially I told him that he could pack his lunch if he didn’t want school lunch. Something in my spirit told me to go back and read the text again. And it read, “Mom, bring lunch today and call me to office to get it.” Last week it was just “can you drop me some lunch off”…

Last night Ayden sent me a video about a mother and son talking in the car about death. He simply asked, “thoughts?” I called him to come in my room to check on him physically. Asking why he’d sent me that particular video. Was he having thoughts of $uicide. He assured me he wasn’t. After a few more minutes of conversation, I was comfortable enough to trust that he just wanted to have a natural conversation about death. 

I’m definitely going to take him some lunch today. And call him up to the office to get it. He just wants to “see me” without telling me he wants to see me 😂…somehow, physically placing your eyes on someone makes you feel better. I feel like my son is experiencing what we all feel at some point, those intrusive thoughts of the death being “the end” and what happens next. You know the “hole” we get sucked in thinking about us leaving this earth. And it usually happens when we are younger and not as strong in our faith. I came to that conclusion after our brief convo this morning before dropping him off at school. “Mom, what’s after death? Like you just die and that’s it, like it it?” “Mom, what if something happens to you, like you’d really be gone gone, that’s it?” 

I find as a therapist, processing death with your children should be normal because death is a natural part of life. Death is one of those things that no one can ever be fully prepared for; however,having an understanding of what it is and healthy conversations surrounding it with our kids can make a big difference. We all know that as sure as we live, we will die. 🙏🏾❤️ #foodforthought #therapist #mommyduties #raisingcultures

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