My Disturbing Daughter Is Disturbed

Madeleine has an obsession with death now. Well, that's not really fair, I guess. I should say academic curiosity, because all her questions are matters of clarification for her. Like, "After we die, does everyone else live?" and "Do old people go to the same dead place as old dogs?"
But this morning on the way to the health club she said, "Mommy, every day are we one day closer to dying?"
After that I said screw the treadmill, I'm going straight to the jacuzzi.