Now I Lay Me Down to Sleep

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
If I should die before I wake
I pray the Lord my soul to take.

We teach a prayer like this to our kids and wonder why they are afraid to go to sleep... We used the following modification when we were teaching bedtime prayers:

Now I lay me down to sleep
I pray the Lord my soul to keep
Angels watch me through the night
And wake me with the morning light.

But what happens when you don't WANT to wake up in the morning? When you would be just as content (or more) if you DIDN'T have to wake up at all? On some level, isn't that the desire of most sane people - that if they have to go, that they can go easily in their sleep (preferably at a very old age)? So is it that far of stretch to reach those of us who don't want to wait until we are old? How I would love to go to sleep one night and just not wake up the next day. Die in my sleep and not get blamed for it? SIGN ME UP!!

Now I lay me down to sleep
May death upon my body creep
Let God protect my loved ones' hearts
Though all eternity may us part.