Age Is Relative When Youre Seven...And Swine Flu

While the Little Guy was getting ready for his bath he asked me if M was really 50 years old. "Yup. He really is," I said. "I guess he'll be dead soon." he says as he tosses his clothes into the hamper. I'm actually taken aback by his nonchalance. It's the same tone he uses when telling me he's going to get a glass of water. Or going to the toilet. I am superstitious so this doesn't sit well with me. "What do you mean he's going to be dead soon?" "Well he's fifty. That's really old. If a heart attack doesn't get him a stroke will." He pauses for a minute, then adds, "And of course, there's swine flu."