Where she gets this from, I'll never know

Yesterday we had a snow day (happy day! spending time with my family in the comfort of my own home!) and at one point P was sitting on my lap, semi-pulling on my most favorite piece of jewelry (aside from my wedding bands and my studs), a short necklace of tiny sterling silver beads strung on a thin silver cord that I bought myself years ago on Newbury Street in Boston. It's the perfect necklace for any time - it's casual, but sometimes the beads look like tiny little pearls, so it can be dressy too.

P was pulling on my necklace, as she sometimes does, and I asked her to be careful. She said "I want it, Mama" and I told her she could have it when I was dead someday. She reacted by saying "I will miss you when you're dead, Mama" and I told her I wouldn't be dead for a long, long time. She then asked me "Well, who will kill you?" And then I was rightly and properly stumped.

I guess I really have to watch what I'm saying to her now.... she has rudamentary understandings of a lot of things, but not a lot of detail. And I'll just have to be careful not to confuse her further until her understanding goes much deeper.