This summer Jude came up with his new friend "Bluter". He is a boy that is.. you guessed it.. blue. He lives in the blue world and he visits Jude from the blue world. There are all sorts of specifics about how he travels etc. that I won't go into (it's VERY ELABORATE). And by the way, I was so impressed with the imaginary friends name and apperance. Wow he is creative. Then I happended to catch the show Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. Yes my son plaigiarized his imaginary friend. For REAL.
So this summer on vacation we shared our condo with not only Bluter, but his whole family. And he has 2 sisters for Lily "Girl Bluter". She came up with that name for both sisters. Needless to say we had to watch where we sat, breakfast seating was rearranged for Bluter (since we couldn't see him sitting there). The vacation was a hit for Bluter and his family.
We hadn't heard much about Bluter lately. Frankly, I had forgotten about him.
Last night while brushing his teeth, Jude says, "Mommy, I have something to tell you, but it's sad so I can't". Of course I am alarmed and proceeded prying it out of him.
"Mommy, Bluter died." I asked how and he said. "Bluter was in a car crash and his mom and dad got out but he got stuck and died." WHAT? Do I need to take him to a shrink because he thinks we are going to leave him in a car to die?
He really was sad, despite his milking it before bed time.
Where does this come from?
Well, Roman had to be taken to the vet and we are awaiting lab results.. and we have had to half prepare them. And we have been talking about the Bodies exhibit and they have seen the commercials. I have had to explain to Lily and Jude that they are dead. They aren't stupid.
So Lily was comforting Jude in his time of loss, and she said to Jude, " Jude, Bluter die and go to Kevin?". Yes, Kevin. That is where you go when you die.. Kevin is up in the sky.
So I believe he's killed his imaginary friend Bluter because of the death and dying conversations this week.
Poor kid.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
A little Death and Dying
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Awwww. Death is sooooo hard! When a few of our kittens died last summer it was horrific for Zac and Lillie, and even today, seriously, they brought up the dead kittens. It's hard to understand, and I think they have to keep repeating it and thinking about it to understand it somehow. Good luck....I know it's not an easy thing to talk about. I'll say a prayer for your kitty too.
I wonder if bluter's "icicles" went to Kevin, too???? hahaha
We'll have to get Bluter and Carlos together. Carlos lives in China but works in Wisconsin. He has died a few times which has made for interesting conversations with sympathetic teachers who are sorry for our loss :)
Bless his heart. It is so interesting to see how children deal with issues like this. We've been really lucky and haven't really had to deal with death of a pet (other than a bunch of tropical fish......).
What a sweetie! I just love that there are kids out there besides mine that have imaginary friends (plagarized or not). Just wait until he has so many that you have to put the overflow into the trunk of the car because they all won't fit in the seats. Or get to the McDonald's drive thru and have your child shout "we need to order seven sausage sandwiches" when it's just you and her/him in the car!
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