cail on understanding death

we had to explain to our two and a half year old what we were going to do yesterday. we really struggled with what to tell her until we were literally at the door of the funeral home. i know it had to have been the Holy Spirit prompting us because we were able to come up with a simple yet meaningful explanation. we didn't want to have to use the word 'death'. someday she will have to face those cold realities about life but for the same reason we don't let her watch violent cartoons and movies above her age level we didn't want her to have to understand that yet. so, with the help of the Holy Spirit and a little toddler vocab we came up with this idea and here is the story.

we told her we were going in to see great grandma. she got really excited and jumped out of her seat. josh them proceeded to tell her we were not going to be able to play with her or talk to her anymore. her little two year old wheels were turning and her eyes started to fill with tears. we told her grandma was sleeping and we were going to see her in her special bed. she was sleeping because she went to see Jesus. "where does Jesus gone mommy?" she asked. i told her Jesus lived in Heaven with God and that was enough for her. she's still sleepin' she's still, sleepin', she's still sleepin' she repeated over and over on the way home. that's right we told her, she is sleeping because she went to see Jesus. that was enough for her to understand and also i good teachable moment to talk about God, Heaven and Jesus. thanks to our very personal Lord who helps us even in the little things such as explaining a big concept to a tinny wee girl. one more seed was planted today in her heart and i hope it will continue to grow into a great tree of faith in her life.

thanks for all of you who have prayed for our family in this time. you are all very precious to us.