This article, http://www.kwes.com/Global/story.asp?S=14151885, is exactly why I am so grateful to be a Mormon this week. It's always why, but this week it really hit home.
We believe that Jesus died so that we can live again, together for eternity with our families. I've taught my kids that concept since they were born. But it takes a friend, a fellow kindergartener, someone that you've played with at recess, passing away for those lessons to sink in when you're five.
Savannah was heartbroken when her great-grandfather passed away a year ago. She loved him, and so when he was gone she missed him. We still talk about it, and she still gets sad about it. That doesn't even compare to the loss of little Cameron. Savannah has been in tears over and over again. It's the reality that God doesn't just take old people, sometimes he takes five year olds. That's a concept that no kindergartener, no child and no family should have to deal with.
It sucks.
She came home from school yesterday with the news heavy on her heart. They'd discussed it at school and I was glad I could talk about it with her at home. We prayed for comfort for the family and the friends. Silently in my heart I prayed that Savannah could somehow receive the comfort and understanding she so desired. Then she wandered over to the craft table and created the sweetest card a five year old could come up with. A card, addressed to Cameron's parents, telling them she's sorry, complete with a heart and a family inside of it. It's all her heart knew how to do, and it's perfect. I can't wait for Cameron's parents to get it, hopefully they receive a little comfort from the love she included in it. They deserve all the comfort they can get.
If you're interested in what we believe, please read this. If you've got ideas how to help a five year old (and her mom) deal with this, we'll take whatever ideas you've got. I know several of my readers know a whole lot more about loss than I could ever know.
For know, I'm just glad that I'm a Mormon.
Wednesday, March 2, 2011
Why I Am Glad To Be A Mormon...
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Love to you both. I understand. The pain softens over time, the Gospel comforts with knowledge, but the pain never fully extinguishes in this life when you love someone so young. Monica would say - get a bag of potatoes and throw them on the pavement as hard as necessary to express the anger. Sometimes life is just not kind.
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